Lessons learned from a quality improvement intervention with homeless veteran services

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SUPPL, 2012, Pages 210-224

  Chinman, Matthew ^a   Hannah, Gordon ^a   McCarthy, Sharon ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Evidence based practice; Homeless people; Quality improvement; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

CAPACITY BUILDING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84864700143     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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