Health districts as quality improvement collaboratives and multijurisdictional entities

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Livingood, William ^a,b   Marshall, Nandi ^a   Peden, Angela ^a   Gonzalez, Ketty ^c   Shah, Gulzar H ^a   Alexander, Dayna ^a   Penix, Kellie ^a   Lawrence, Raymona ^a   Toal, Russell ^a   Woodhouse, Lynn ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c District 6: East Central   (United States)

Author keywords

accreditation; multijurisdictional entities; public health districts; quality improvement; quality improvement collaboratives

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867559495     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31825b89fd     Document Type: Article

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