Quality of care in urology and the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative

Urology Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 74-78

  Montie, James E ^a,b   Linsell, Susan M ^b   Miller, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information management; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Quality of health care; Registries

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TELECONFERENCE; UROLOGICAL CARE; UROLOGIST;

EID: 84904269494     PISSN: 23520779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urpr.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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