Factors associated with the implementation of quality and safety requirements for cross-border care in acute myocardial infarction: Results from 315 hospitals in four countries

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Groene, Oliver ^a   Suñol, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cross border care; Health policy; Hospital quality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BORDER CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POLAND; SAFETY; SPAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78249235868     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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