Towards the delivery of appropriate health care in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-81

  Runciman, William B ^a,b   Coiera, Enrico W ^c   Day, Richard O ^c   Hannaford, Natalie A ^a,b   Hibbert, Peter D ^c   Hunt, Tamara D ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^c   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARETRACK STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TYPES OF STUDY; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84866498464     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10799     Document Type: Article

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