Understanding the components of quality improvement collaboratives: A systematic literature review

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 354-394

  Nadeem, Erum ^a   Olin, S Serene ^a   Hill, Laura Campbell ^b   Hoagwood, Kimberly Eaton ^a   Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough Series; health services research; organizational innovation; quality assurance; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84879027850     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/milq.12016     Document Type: Article

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