Developing information technology capacity for performance measurement

Performance Measurement for Health System Improvement: Experiences, Challenges and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 552-581

  Sequist, Thomas D ^a   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84927027355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711800.020     Document Type: Chapter

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