Sustainable healthcare accreditation: Messages from Europe in 2009

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 341-350

  Shaw, Charles D ^a   Kutryba, Basia ^b   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^c   Bedlicki, Michal ^b   Warunek, Andrzej ^b  

^a European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Ireland)

^b National Centre for Quality Assessment   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification accreditation of hospitals; Health policy; Hospital care; Other quality evaluation (EFQM); Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCREDITATION; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956900019     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq043     Document Type: Article

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