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Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance MonitoringJane S. Durch, Linda A. Bailey, and Michael A. Stoto, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health, Washington, DC:National Academy Press,1997, 496 pp. US$49.95 cloth. ISBN 0-309-05534-2. National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418, USA.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

William F. Pilkington*
Affiliation:
Cabarrus Health Alliance, USA
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