Sharing the evidence: Clinical practice benchmarking to improve continuously the quality of care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 215-225

  Ellis, Judith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHSE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's health services; Clinical practice benchmarking; Comparison; Consistent service provision; Evidence base; Improvement; Paediatrics; Patient focused; Quality; Sharing good practice

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034220301     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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