Hospital quality-of-care performance measurement and reporting: What New Zealand can learn from the United States and United Kingdom

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1366, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Chaudhry, Mohsin ^a   Gauld, Robin ^a   Horsburgh, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870602900     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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