Promotion of improvement as a science

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9864, 2013, Pages 419-421

  Marshall, Martin ^a   Pronovost, Peter ^b   Dixon Woods, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873152542     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61850-9     Document Type: Note

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