Opening the black box of quality improvement collaboratives: An Actor-Network theory approach

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Broer, Tineke ^a   Nieboer, Anna P ^a   Bal, Roland A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956485901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-265     Document Type: Article

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