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How to Scale Up Quality and Safety Program with the Home Care Accreditation

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 22 (2022): Issue 1
By: Laura Brunelli,  Vittorio Cristofori,  Claudio Battistella,  Anna Paola Agnoletto,  Anna Catelani,  Cristina De Sarno,  Bruna Odasmini,  Simone Pauletto,  Paola Stenico,  Corrado Tosetto and  Silvio Brusaferro  
Open Access
|Mar 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5698 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 10, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 19, 2022
Published on: Mar 4, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
primary care,
accreditation,
quality improvement,
patient safety,
healthcare quality improvement

© 2022 Laura Brunelli, Vittorio Cristofori, Claudio Battistella, Anna Paola Agnoletto, Anna Catelani, Cristina De Sarno, Bruna Odasmini, Simone Pauletto, Paola Stenico, Corrado Tosetto, Silvio Brusaferro, published by Ubiquity Press
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