A review of hospital characteristics associated with improved performance

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 483-494

  Brand, Caroline A ^a,b   Barker, Anna L ^a   Morello, Renata T ^a   Vitale, Michael R ^a,c   Evans, Sue M ^a   Scott, Ian A ^d   Stoelwinder, Johannes U ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Health services; Hospital performance; Mortality; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84866358367     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs044     Document Type: Article

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