Learning from MARQuls: Future direction of quality and safety in hospital care in the European Union

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Groene, O ^a,b   Klazinga, N ^c   Walshe, K ^d   Cucic, C ^e   Shaw, C D ^f   Sunol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement   (Netherlands)

^f European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRAVEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 61849116778     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029447     Document Type: Review

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