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[Quality development--quality assurance--quality management].

H Stroebel
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Business and industry, legislators, service providers, people with disabilities, all expect the facilities involved in rehabilitation to engage in quality management. What does this imply? Which regulations exist? How much does it cost? The issues involved in implementation of quality assurance systems in production and human service sectors are discussed on the example of the workshops for the disabled.

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Persons with DisabilitiesForecastingGermanyHealth Plan ImplementationHumansQuality Assurance, Health CareRehabilitation CentersSocial SecurityTotal Quality ManagementEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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H Stroebel. 1996. [Quality development--quality assurance--quality management].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8693182/

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