Participants' evaluation of a group-based organisational assessment tool in Danish general practice: The Maturity Matrix

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 311-322

  Buch, Martin Sandberg ^a   Edwards, Adrian ^b   Eriksson, Tina ^c  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

General practice; Qualitative research; Quality assessment; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COUNSELING; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATURITY MATRIX METHOD; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

DENMARK; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL SECRETARIES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OFFICE NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 72849135726     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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