Strategies to facilitate implementation and sustainability of large system transformations: A case study of a national program for improving quality of care for elderly people

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nyström, Monica Elisabeth ^a,b   Strehlenert, Helena ^a   Hansson, Johan ^a   Hasson, Henna ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84908451881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-401     Document Type: Article

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