Profiling health-care accreditation organizations: An international survey

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-231

  Shaw, Charles D ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a   Moldovan, Max ^a   Nicklin, Wendy ^b   Grgic, Ileana ^b   Fortune, Triona ^c   Whittaker, Stuart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Accreditation Canada   (Canada)

^c The International Society for Quality in Health Care   (Ireland)

^d The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Certification; Cross border care; Health care standards; Institutional regulation; Public information

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCREDITATION ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WEBCAST;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-BORDER CARE; HEALTH-CARE STANDARDS; INSTITUTIONAL REGULATION; PUBLIC INFORMATION;

ACCREDITATION; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84878971612     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt011     Document Type: Article

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