Linking quality of care and training costs: Cost-effectiveness in health professions education

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1263-1271

  Tolsgaard, Martin G ^a,b   Tabor, Ann ^c   Madsen, Mette E ^c   Wulff, Camilla B ^c   Dyre, Liv ^a,c   Ringsted, Charlotte ^d   Nørgaard, Lone N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84947928118     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12882     Document Type: Article

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