Evaluation of current Australian health service accreditation processes (ACCREDIT-CAP): Protocol for a mixed-method research project

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hinchcliff, Reece ^a   Greenfield, David ^a   Moldovan, Max ^a   Pawsey, Marjorie ^a   Mumford, Virginia ^a   Westbrook, Johanna Irene ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN HEALTH SERVICE ACCREDITATION PROCESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865145453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001726     Document Type: Article

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