Review of 103 Swedish Healthcare Quality Registries

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-136

  Emilsson, L ^a,b,c   Lindahl, B ^d   Koster M ^e   Lambe, M ^f,g   Ludvigsson, J F ^f,h  

^a Primary Care Research Unit   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g Regional Cancer Centre   (Sweden)

^h ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Child; Life quality; Morbidity; Register; Registry

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84916899809     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12303     Document Type: Article

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