Quality assurance in Swiss university hospitals: A survey among clinical department heads

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-277

  Graz, B ^a   Vader, J P ^a   Burnand, B ^a   Paccaud, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Health care; Hospitals; Quality assurance; Quality control; Quality of health care; Switzerland; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030155397     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.3.271     Document Type: Article

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