Improving care in pediatric urology-A primer on quality improvement methodology and how to apply it to pediatric urology.

J Pediatr Urol

Division of Pediatric Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Published: October 2019

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