Lean thinking in healthcare: a realist review of the literature.

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Abstract

To understand how lean thinking has been put into practice in healthcare and how it has worked.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Qual Saf Health Care

Title: Quality & safety in health care

Publisher: BMJ

ISSN (Electronic): 1475-3901

ISSN (Print): 1475-3898

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2010

Volume: 19

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. pamela.mazzocato@ki.se

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Publisher Item ID: qshc.2009.037986

DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.037986

PubMed ID: 20724397

SO-VID: fc218b18-dfec-4ad6-a48e-8b58a6f943dc

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