Nationwide continuous quality improvement using clinical indicators: the Danish National Indicator Project
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1353-4505,1464-3677
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh031