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Yearb Med Inform 2000; 09(01): 65-70
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637943
Review Paper
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Managing Clinical Knowledge for Health Care Improvement

E.A. Balas
1   Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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S.A. Boren
1   Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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