A prospective, multi-method, multi-disciplinary, multi-level, collaborative, social-organisational design for researching health sector accreditation [LP0560737]

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a,b   Westbrook, Johanna ^a,b   Pawsey, Marjorie ^a,b,c   Greenfield, David ^a   Naylor, Justine ^a   Iedema, Rick ^a,b   Runciman, Bill ^a,d   Redman, Sally ^b,e   Jorm, Christine ^a,b   Robinson, Maureen ^a,b,g   Nathan, Sally ^a,b   Gibberd, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCREDITATION; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749346390     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-113     Document Type: Article

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