Impact of quality strategies on hospital outputs

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Sunol R ^a   Vallejo, P ^a   Thompson, A ^b   Lombarts, M J M H ^c   Shaw, C D ^d   Klazinga, N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61849156507     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029439     Document Type: Article

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