Creating effective quality-improvement collaboratives: A multiple case study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-350

  Strating, Mathilde M H ^a   Nieboer, Anna P ^a   Zuiderent Jerak, Teun ^a   Bal, Roland A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE STUDY; DECUBITUS; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953767184     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047159     Document Type: Article

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