Chartbook: Shining a light on the quality of healthcare in Canada what can be learned to catalyze improvements in healthcare quality?

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-24

  Sutherland, Kim ^a,b   Leatherman, Sheila ^c,d   Law, Susan ^e,f   Verma, Jennifer ^g   Petersen, Stephen ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NSW Bureau of Health Information   (Australia)

^c IL   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CHSRF ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; VITAL STATISTICS;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VITAL STATISTICS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84860496854     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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