Strategies for sustaining a quality improvement collaborative and its patient safety gains

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-390

  Parand, Anam ^a   Benn, Jonathan ^a   Burnett, Susan ^a   Pinto, Anna ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Qualitative research; Quality improvement; Quality of health care; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84864505079     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs030     Document Type: Article

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