Is it worth engaging in multi-stakeholder health services research collaborations? Reflections on key benefits, challenges and enabling mechanisms

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-128

  Hinchcliff, Reece ^a   Greenfield, David ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Certification accreditation of hospitals; External quality assessment; Health system reform; Implementation research; Knowledge translation; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MULTI STAKEHOLDER HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH COLLABORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84898622102     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu009     Document Type: Article

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