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. 1998 Mar;7(1):37–41. doi: 10.1136/qshc.7.1.37

Organisational change and quality of health care: an evolving international agenda

M McKee, L Aiken, A M Rafferty, J Sochalski
PMCID: PMC2483582  PMID: 10178149

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