Identifying predictors of high quality care in English general practice: observational study.

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Published in BMJ on October 06, 2001

Authors

S M Campbell1, M Hann, J Hacker, C Burns, D Oliver, A Thapar, N Mead, D G Safran, M O Roland

Author Affiliations

1: National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL. stephen.campbell@man.ac.uk

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