Measuring a hospital's ability to improve

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 214-222

  Meurer, Steven J ^a   Counte, Michael A ^b   Rubio, Doris M ^c   Arrington, Barbara ^b  

^a St Mary Medical Center Langhorne   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous Quality Improvement implementation; Improvement; Measurement; Organizational structure; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; LEADERSHIP; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4944224212     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060401900506     Document Type: Article

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