Development and validation of an index to assess hospital quality management systems

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-26

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

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Bristol Myers Squibb   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

^j ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^l Comité de la Coordination de l'Evaluation Clinique et de la Qualité en Aquitaine ^*  (France)

^m Czech Accreditation Committee   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ Dr Foster Intelligence DFI ^*  (United Kingdom)

^o European Hospital Healthcare Federation HOPE   (Belgium)

^p HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q Haute Autorité de santé   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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

^u Portuguese Association for Hospital Development APDH   (Portugal)

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

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

^x UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Health care system; Hospital care; Patient safety; Quality management; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INDEX; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922264157     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu021     Document Type: Article

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