The investigators reflect: What we have learned from the deepening our understanding of quality improvement in Europe (DUQuE) study

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-4

  Groene, O ^a   Sunol, R ^b,c   Klazinga, N ^d   Kringos, D S ^d   Lombarts, M J M H ^d   Plochg, T ^d   Lopez, M A ^b   Secanell, M ^b   Vallejo, P ^b   Bartels, P ^e   Kristensen, S ^e   Michel, P ^f   Saillour Glenisson, F ^f   Vlcek, F ^g   Car, M ^h   Jones, S ^h   Klaus, E ^h   Bottaro, S ⁱ   Garel, P ⁱ   Saluvan, M ^j   Bruneau, C ^k   Depaigne Loth, A ^k   Shaw, C ^l   Hammer, A ^m   Ommen, O ^m   Pfaff, H ^m   Botje, D ⁿ   Wagner, C ⁿ   Kutaj Wasikowska, H ^o   Kutryba, B ^o   Escoval, A ^p   Livio A ^p   Eiras, M ^q   Franca, M ^q   Leite, I ^q   Almeman, F ^r   Kus, H ^r   Ozturk, K ^r   Mannion, R ^s   Arah, O A ^t   DerSarkissian, M ^t   Thompson, C A ^t   Wang, A ^t   Thompson, A ^u   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Aalborg University ^*  (France)

^g Czech Accreditation Committee   (Czech Republic)

^h Czech Accreditation Committee ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ European Hospital and Healthcare Federation HOPE   (Belgium)

^j HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁿ NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^o Polish Society for Quality Promotion in Health Care TPJ   (Poland)

^p Portuguese Association for Hospital Development APDH   (Portugal)

^q Portuguese Society for Quality in Health Care SPQS   (Portugal)

^r Turkish Society for Quality Improvement in Healthcare SKID   (Turkey)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922235034     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu024     Document Type: Editorial

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