Quality management and patient safety: Survey results from 102 Hungarian hospitals

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Makai, Peter ^a   Klazinga, Niek ^c   Wagner, Cordula ^e   Boncz, Imre ^b   Gulacsi, Lászlo ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health policy; Healthcare; Hospital; Hungary; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUNGARY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63749129987     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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