The World Health Organization Performance Assessment Tool for quality improvement in hospitals (PATH): An analysis of the pilot implementation in 37 hospitals

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Groene, Oliver ^a,b,c   Klazinga, Niek ^d,e   Kazandjian, Vahé ^f,g   Lombrail, Pierre ^h,i   Bartels, Paul ^j  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e OECD   (France)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Center for Performance Sciences   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

ⁱ Teaching Hospital of Nantes   (France)

^j National Indicator Project   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Evaluation; Hospitals; Indicators; Performance assessment; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENMARK; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HOSPITALS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLOVAKIA; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44449109546     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn010     Document Type: Article

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