Dialysis Medical Directors' Role in Maintaining Quality of Care and Responsibility for Facility-Specific Patient Outcomes: Evolution and Current Status

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-290

  Goldman, Richard S ^a   Latos, Derrick L ^a  

^a Wheeling Renal Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84862085510     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2012.01074.x     Document Type: Note

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