Quality management in healthcare. Evaluation and improvement.
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Quality Improvement in Healthcare
The Swedish healthcare system, although being one of the more efficient care systems in the world with good medical outcomes at a moderate cost, faces tremendous future challenges. An ageing population with more patients suffering from multiple diseases together with accelerating medicotechnical developments is putting increasing pressure on the system. The quality and safety of the system has ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nippon Medical School
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0048-0444,1884-0108
DOI: 10.1272/jnms1923.59.289