Building the scaffold to improve health care quality in Western New York

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 636-641

  Harvey, Jillian B ^a   Beich, Jeff ^b   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^c   Scanlon, Dennis ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH PLANNING SUPPORT; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84858603342     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0761     Document Type: Article

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