The impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care: Perception of Lebanese nurses

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 363-371

  El jardali, Fadi ^a   Jamal, Diana ^a   Dimassi, Hani ^b   Ammar, Walid ^c   Tchaghchaghian, Victoria ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Hospitals; Nursing; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEBANON; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 52749089994     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn023     Document Type: Article

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