Compliance with hospital accreditation and patient mortality: A Danish nationwide population-based study

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 165-174

  Falstie Jensen, Anne Mette ^a   Larsson, Heidi ^a   Hollnagel, Erik ^b   Nørgaard, Mette ^a   Svendsen, Marie Louise Overgaard ^c   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Center for Quality   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Certification accreditation of hospitals; External quality assessment; Measurement of quality; Mortality); Patient outcomes (health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; DENMARK; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCREDITATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930828998     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv023     Document Type: Article

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