Benchmarking strategies for measuring the quality of healthcare: Problems and prospects

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lovaglio, Pietro Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION;

ACCREDITATION; BENCHMARKING; CERTIFICATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84862337198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/606154     Document Type: Article

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