Towards hospital standardization in Europe

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Shaw, Charles ^a   Bruneau, Charles ^b   Kutryba, Basia ^c   de Jongh, Guido ^d   Suñol, Rosa ^e,f  

^a European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Ireland)

^b Haute Autorite de Sante   (France)

^c National Centre for Quality Assessment   (Poland)

^d Standardisation of Learning Technologies   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; External quality assessment; Health policy; Hospital care; Quality improvement; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CERTIFICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955076415     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq030     Document Type: Article

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