Time for a new approach to assessing the quality of hospitals in England: Managing quality is as important as financial management for trust boards

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7916, 2013, Pages

  Black, Nick ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84880086800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4421     Document Type: Editorial

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