Health care process modelling: which method when?
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Health care process modelling: which method when?
OBJECTIVE The role of process modelling has been widely recognized for effective quality improvement. However, application in health care is somewhat limited since the health care community lacks knowledge about a broad range of methods and their applicability to health care. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to present a summary description of a limited number of distinct modelling m...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1353-4505,1464-3677
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp016