How can quality of health care be safeguarded across the European Union?
Open Access
- 24 April 2008
- Vol. 336 (7650), 920-923
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39538.584190.47
Abstract
Can Europeans be confident about the quality of care received in another EU country? Helena Legido-Quigley and colleagues discuss the various mechanisms at work across Europe to ensure quality and safetyKeywords
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