Feasibility first: Developing public performance indicators on patient safety and clinical effectiveness for Dutch hospitals

Health Policy

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-73

  Berg, Marc ^a   Meijerink, Yvonne ^a   Gras, Marit ^a   Goossensen, Anne ^a   Schellekens, Wim ^b   Haeck, Jan ^c   Kallewaard, Marjon ^d,e   Kingma, Herre ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Health Care Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e Dutch Association of Medical Specialists   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical effectiveness; Dutch hospitals; Patient safety; Public performance indicators

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 27744473439     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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