Implementing a nationwide quality improvement approach in health services: The moroccan “quality contest” experience

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-34

  Sahel, Amina ^a,b   Debrouwere, Vincent ^c   Dujardin, Bruno ^a   Kegels, Guy ^c   Belkaab, Nejoua ^b   Belghiti, Abdelali Alaoui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management; Quality; References

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MOROCCO; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MOROCCO; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84921266367     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LHS-04-2014-0042     Document Type: Article

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