Learning how to improve healthcare delivery: The Swedish Quality Registers

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-89

  Adami, H O ^a,b   Hernan M A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84916899811     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12315     Document Type: Editorial

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