Cover: Effectiveness, Variations, and Quality

Effectiveness, Variations, and Quality

Boundary-Crossing Research

Published in: Quality Assurance in Hospitals: Strategies for Assessment and Implementation, Second ed., Graham N. O., ed. (Rockville, MD: Aspen Publishers Inc, 1990)

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 1990

by Robert H. Brook, Kathleen N. Lohr

A discussion of hospital-wise quality assurance and approaches to quality appraisal, including staging, criteria mapping, health accounting and medical auditing.

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