Improving health care quality is a national priority, but “quality improvement” (QI)
is not a term that appears in the medical literature regarding children often enough,
given the persistent health care challenges faced by children's health care providers.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1367/1539-4409(2004)4<224:CQIRIP>2.0.CO;2
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© 2004 Ambulatory Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
