Evaluation of an international benchmarking initiative in nine eye hospitals

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-35

  De Korne, Dirk F ^a   Sol, Kees ^b   Van Wijngaarden, Jeroen D H ^a   Van Vliet, Ellen J ^c   Custers, Thomas ^d   Cubbon, Mark ^e   Spileers, Werner ^c   Ygge, Jan ^f   Ang, Chong Lye ^g   Klazinga, Niek S ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Hospitals; International; Longitudinal multiple case study; Management instruments; Performance indicators; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EYE INJURY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; EYE INJURIES; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 74249102453     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181c22bdc     Document Type: Article

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