Effects of Lean Six Sigma application in healthcare services: A literature review

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 189-194

  Ahmed, Selim ^a   Manaf, Noor H A ^a   Islam, Rafikul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Lean Six Sigma; Patient; Quality service

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897575575     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2013-0015     Document Type: Review

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