Does quality improvement work? Evaluation of the organ donation breakthrough collaborative

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6 P1, 2007, Pages 2160-2173

  Howard, David H ^a   Siminoff, Laura A ^b   McBride, Virginia ^c   Lin, Monica ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DHHS/HRSA/Division of Transplantation   (United States)

Author keywords

Organ donation; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35948930531     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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