The effect of the SQUIRE (Standards of QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines on reporting standards in the quality Improvement literature: A before-and-after study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 400-406

  Howell, Victoria ^a,b   Schwartz, Amanda Eva ^a   O'Leary, James Daniel ^a,b   McDonnell, Conor ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; STANDARDS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REPORTING EXCELLENCE GUIDELINES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84929621942     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003737     Document Type: Article

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