Measuring clinical quality and appropriateness

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 87-113

  McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84927107788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711800.005     Document Type: Chapter

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