Quality improvement in the Estonian health system - Assessment of progress using an international tool

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-413

  Põlluste, Kaja ^a   Habicht, Jarno ^b   Kalda, Ruth ^a   Lember, Margus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Country report; Estonia; Health system; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ESTONIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BENCHMARKING; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ESTONIA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 37849185585     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl055     Document Type: Article

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