Evaluation of hospital service level agreements

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-497

  Berbée, Rieneke G ^a   Gemmel, Paul ^b   Droesbeke, Brenda ^c   Casteleyn, Hugo ^c   Vandaele, Darline ^c  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c AZ Sint Blasius ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Governance; Hospitals; Service levels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTRACT; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STANDARDS;

BELGIUM; CONTRACTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349647852     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860910975599     Document Type: Article

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