Roles for children's hospitals in pediatric collaborative improvement networks

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL.4, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Marlene ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's hospitals; Pediatric health care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TEAMWORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878692198     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3786I     Document Type: Article

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