What impedes and what facilitates a quality improvement project for older hospitalized patients?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-48

  Ijkema, Roelie ^a   Langelaan, Maaike ^a   Van de steeg, Lotte ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Implementation; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ELDERLY; IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84893524478     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt079     Document Type: Article

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