Learning from large-scale quality improvement through comparisons

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-469

  Øvretveit, John ^a   Klazinga, Niek ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Additional specialities and or keywords; Health care system; Quality improvement; Quality management, Health policy; Quality management, leadership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; LEADERSHIP; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84866424447     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs046     Document Type: Article

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