Clinical management and prioritisation criteria:Finnish experiences

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 338-348

  Myllykangas, Markku ^a   Ryynänen, Olli Pekka ^a   Lammintakanen, Johanna ^a   Isomäki, Veli Pekka ^a   Kinnunen, Juha ^a   Halonen, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health services sector; Performance criteria; Queuing time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173318     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260310505110     Document Type: Article

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