Holding American hospitals accountable: Rhetoric and reality

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-90

  Wiener, Carolyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Hospitals; Medical error; Outcome measures; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; COST SAVINGS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942628280     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2004.00212.x     Document Type: Review

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