Developing a taxonomy for the science of improvement in public health

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 506-514

  Riley, William ^a   Lownik, Beth ^b   Halverson, Paul ^c   Parrotta, Carmen ^a   Godsall, Jonathan R ^a   Gyllstrom, Elizabeth ^d   Gearin, Kimberly J ^d   Mays, Glen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

opportunity modes and effects analysis; quality improvement in public health departments; quality improvement taxonomy; science of improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84867538129     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31825fbb12     Document Type: Article

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