Quality improvement in a publicly provided long-term care system: The case of Norway

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 433-438

  Kjøs, Bente Ødegård ^a   Botten, Grete ^b   Romøren, Tor Inge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Leadership; Long term care; Public sector; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56749132307     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn031     Document Type: Article

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