Does the world need a scientific society for research on how to improve healthcare?

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wensing, Michel ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^b   Eccles, Martin P ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84857478853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-10     Document Type: Editorial

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