Assessing quality improvement in health care: Theory for practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Kleinman, Lawrence C ^a   Dougherty, Denise ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied research; Deming; Donabedian; Health services research; Quality improvement (research and practice); Quality of health care (measurement); Research methods

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84874611627     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1427n     Document Type: Review

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