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. 1997 Mar;6(1):49–55. doi: 10.1136/qshc.6.1.49

Maryland Hospital Quality Indicator Project in the United Kingdom: an approach for promoting continuous quality improvement.

R G Thomson 1, H McElroy 1, V A Kazandjian 1
PMCID: PMC1055444  PMID: 10166603

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