Validity of self-assessment in a quality improvement collaborative in ecuador

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 690-696

  Hermida, Jorge ^a   Broughton, Edward I ^a,b   Franco, Lynne Miller ^a,c  

^a University Research Co   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ENCOMPASS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; General medicine; Hospital care; Quality indicators; Quality measurement; Reproductive health; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECUADOR; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDITY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEONATAL NURSING; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 81255147880     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr057     Document Type: Article

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