Examining quality improvement programs: The case of Minnesota hospitals

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P2, 2008, Pages 1787-1806

  Olson, John R ^a   Belohlav, James A ^b   Cook, Lori S ^b   Hays, Julie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Program effectiveness; Program implementation; Quality improvement; Rasch model analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; LEAPFROG SAFE PRACTICES SCORE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RASCH ABILITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 52149094970     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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