An inter district quality partnership: the experience of a large rural health service.
Despite the proliferation of healthcare literature on the subject of quality programs, there is very little on the subject which considers it in a rural context. This paper is a case study outlining the efforts of six facilities within a large rural health service of South West NSW to establish a partnership in the planning, development and management of quality issues.
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Riverina Health Service, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
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