A qualitative study of contextual factors' impact on measures to reduce surgery cancellations

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hovlid, Einar ^a   Bukve, Oddbjørn ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contextual factors; Quality improvement; Surgery cancellations; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NORWAY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; OPERATING ROOMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84901028860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-215     Document Type: Article

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