Evaluating instruments for regulation of health care in the Netherlands

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-419

  Tuijn, Saskia M ^a   Robben, Paul B M ^a,b   Janssens, Frans J G ^c   Van Den Bergh, Huub ^d  

^a Welfare and Sport   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accountability; evaluation; regulation; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL AUDIT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79956068371     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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