Validating the primary provider theory in emergency medicine

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-130

  Guarisco, Joseph S ^a   Bavin, Stefoni A ^b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Press Ganey Associates Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

General management; Nursing homes; Spain; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030117     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511870810870565     Document Type: Article

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