How to develop a business case for quality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-55

  Reiter, Kristin L ^a   Kilpatrick, Kerry E ^a   Greene, Sandra B ^a,b   Lohr, Kathleen N ^a,c   Leatherman, Sheila ^a  

^a Department of Health Policy and Administration ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Business case for quality; Business case methods; Quality improvement; Return on investment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INTERVENTION STUDY; INVESTMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846929463     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl067     Document Type: Article

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