Quality of pathology services: New strategic directions required

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 510-521

  Isouard, Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Health care; Health services; Pathology; Quality assurance; Strategic objectives; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84880769276     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJHCQA-10-2011-0058     Document Type: Review

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