Evaluating a questionnaire to measure improvement initiatives in Swedish healthcare

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Andersson, Ann Christine ^a,b,c,f   Elg, Mattias ^a   Perseius, Kent Inge ^b,d   Idvall, Ewa ^e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kalmar County Council   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthcare setting; Improvement measurements; Improvement program; Psychometric test; Questionnaire assessment; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873329490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-48     Document Type: Article

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