Measuring performance improvement: Total organizational commitment or clinical specialization

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 210-215

  Caron, Aleece ^a,b   Jones, Paul ^c   Neuhauser, Duncan ^c   Aron, David C ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Organizational culture; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; SPECIALIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544368008     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019514-200410000-00003     Document Type: Article

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