ECHO: Health care performance assessment in several European health systems

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-7

  Bernal Delgado, E ^a,b,i   Christiansen, T ^c   Bloor, K ^d   Mateus, C ^e,j   Yazbeck, A M ^f   Munck, J ^g,k   Bremner, J ^h,l   Garcia Armesto S ⁱ   Martinez N ⁱ   Seral, M ⁱ   Estupinan F ⁱ   Comendeiro, M ⁱ   Angulo Pueyo, E ⁱ   Ridao, M ⁱ   Baixauli C ⁱ   Librero, J ⁱ   Thygesen, L C ^c   Cookson, R ^d   Gutacker, N ^d   Nunes, C ^j   Joaquim, I ^j   Galsworthy, M ^f   Albreht, T ^f   Guntert B ^k   Giepmans, P ^l   Dix, O ^l   more..

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA ARAGÓN IIS ARAGÓN   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^h European Health Management Association   (Belgium)

ⁱ Department of Inorganic Chemistry   (India)

^j UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^k Department for Biomedical Computer Science and Mechatronics   (India)

^l EHMA   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY;

BENCHMARKING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84929045872     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku219     Document Type: Article

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