The use of national registries data in three European countries in order to improve health care quality

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 551-560

  Sousa, Paulo ^a,b   Bazeley, Matthew ^c   Johansson, Sören ^d   Wijk, Helle ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Sahlgrenska University Hopsital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; National Health Service; Portugal; Quality improvement; Sweden; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; EUROPE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33749534317     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860610704178     Document Type: Review

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