Can improving quality decrease hospital costs?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-131

  Jarlier, Agnes ^a   Charvet Protat, Suzanne ^a  

^a ANAES   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Cost of quality; Hidden costs; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COST SAVINGS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034059479     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/12.2.125     Document Type: Article

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