Different types and aspects of quality systems and their implications: A thematic comparison of seven quality systems at a university hospital

Health Policy

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-133

  Kunkel, Stefan Tony ^a   Westerling, Ragnar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Framework; Policy maker; Quality systems

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS, FOOD AND CHEMICALS; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; INTERVIEWS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644665303     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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