Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on patient safety indicators

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-57

  Weiner, Bryan J ^a   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^b   Baker, Laurence C ^c   Shortell, Stephen M ^d   Becker, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation; Medical errors; Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645793318     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558705283122     Document Type: Article

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