Short and long term improvements in quality of chronic care delivery predict program sustainability

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-154

  Cramm, Jane Murray ^a   Nieboer, Anna Petra ^a  

^a Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic care; Chronic diseases; Disease management; Quality improvement; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHRONIC CARE; CHRONIC DISEASES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894077192     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.035     Document Type: Article

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