Quality improvement activities of local health departments during the 2008-2010 economic recession

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-174

  Carman, Angela L ^a   Timsina, Lava R ^b   Scutchfield, F Douglas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCOME; LEADERSHIP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84892555090     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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