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Progress on Firms Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Duncan Neuhauser
Duncan Neuhauser
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Case Western Reserve University
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Abstract

Firms research combines parallel providers of care, ongoing patient randomization, and continuous experimental changes and improvement. This form of efficient research now has a substantial track record of published studies by a growing number of hospitals.

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General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Spring 1992 , pp. 321 - 324
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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