The challenge of explaining why quality improvement has not done better

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-10

  Kane, Robert L ^a   Mosser, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care organizations; Health care safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33846980187     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl059     Document Type: Article

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