Total Quality Management in Hospitals: The Contributions of Commitment, Quality Councils, Teams, Budgets, and Training to Perceived Improvement at Veterans Health Administration Hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-478

  Lammers, John C ^a,b   Cretin, Shan ^c   Gilman, Stuart ^d   Calingo, Emelou ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Shan Cretin and Associates   (United States)

^d VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital administration; Quality improvement; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BUDGETS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0030137213     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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