The global role of health care delivery science: Learning from variation to build health systems that avoid waste and harm

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Mulley Jr , Albert G ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery science; Global health; Patients' preferences; Practice variation; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INVESTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84892874680     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2457-6     Document Type: Review

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