Tackling Therapeutic Inertia: Role of Treatment Data in Quality Indicators

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2007 Sep 15

PMID 17855323

Citations 22

Authors

Bruce Guthrie

Melanie Inkster

Tom Fahey

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