Quality requirements for cross-border care in Europe: A qualitative study of patients', professionals' and healthcare financiers' views

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Groene, O ^a   Poletti, P ^b   Vallejo, P ^a   Cucic, C ^c   Klazinga, N ^d   Sunol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Centre for Research and Development   (Italy)

^c Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 61849179810     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.028837     Document Type: Article

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