Assessing organisational culture for quality and safety improvement: A national survey of tools and tool use

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-156

  Mannion, R ^a   Konteh, F H ^a   Davies, H T O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SAFETY;

DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 65649139644     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.024075     Document Type: Article

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