Setting the agenda for quality improvement in pediatric sickle cell disease

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 337-341

  Kenyon, Chén C ^a   Kavanagh, Patricia L ^b   Fiechtner, Lauren G ^b   Textor, Theodora E ^b   Wang, C Jason ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Sickle cell disease; Systems based practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEER GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84866848852     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30174-7     Document Type: Article

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