Do star ratings really reflect hospital performance?

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-223

  Snelling, Iain ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Performance indicators; Performance management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BENCHMARKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 1542318867     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260310480758     Document Type: Article

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