Measuring success for health care quality improvement interventions

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1086-1092

  Morganti, Kristy G ^a   Lovejoy, Susan ^a   Haviland, Amelia M ^a   Haas, Ann C ^a   Farley, Donna O ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation; health care organization; measurement; program evaluation; quality improvement; quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84870056714     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318268e964     Document Type: Article

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