Accreditation and ISO certification: Do they explain differences in quality management in European hospitals?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-451

  Shaw, Charles ^a   Groene, Oliver ^b   Mora, Nuria ^b   Sunol, Rosa ^b  

^a European Society for Quality in Healthcare   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Certification; DUQuE; External assessment; ISO; MARQuIS; Quality and safety

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EUROPE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78649338199     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq054     Document Type: Article

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