Do European hospitals have quality and safety governance systems and structures in place?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Shaw, C ^a,e   Kutryba, B ^b   Crisp, H ^c   Vallejo, P ^d   Sunol R ^d  

^a European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Ireland)

^b National Centre for Quality Assessment in Health Care (NCQA)   (Poland)

^c CHKS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 61849107317     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029306     Document Type: Article

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