Quality Improvement Efforts in Pediatric Oral Health.
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Quality improvement (QI) and measurement are increasingly used in health care to improve patient care and outcomes. Despite current barriers in oral health measurement, there are nascent QI and measurement efforts emerging. This paper describes the role that QI and measurement can play in improving oral health care delivery in clinical practice by presenting a QI initiative that aimed to test and implement a chronic disease management approach to address early childhood caries.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the California Dental Association
دوره 44 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016