Outpatient quality improvement in academic faculty practice plans: Does it exist?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Maio, Vittorio ^a   Goldfarb, Neil I ^a   Keroack, Mark ^b   Browne, Robert C ^b   Nash, David B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University HealthSystem Consortium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic faculty practice plan; Ambulatory care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 9344271495     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060401900602     Document Type: Article

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