Developing and validating process measures of health care quality: an application to alcohol use disorder treatment.

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Published in Med Care on December 01, 2009

Authors

Alex H S Harris1, Daniel R Kivlahan, Thomas Bowe, John W Finney, Keith Humphreys

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. alexander.harris2@va.gov

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