Are accreditation surveys reliable?

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Greenfield, David ^a   Pawsey, Marjorie ^a   Naylor, Justine ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Australia; Health services; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; AUSTRALIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67649760726     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860910944601     Document Type: Article

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