title: Direction of quality improvement activities of health care organizations in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, Nippon Medical School, Japan. ito@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawakita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gunji
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012954:Societies, Hospital; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*