The influence of context on the effectiveness of hospital quality improvement strategies: A review of systematic reviews Quality, performance, safety and outcomes

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kringos, Dionne S ^a   Sunol, Rosa ^b,g   Wagner, Cordula ^c   Mannion, Russell ^d   Michel, Philippe ^e   Klazinga, Niek S ^a   Groene, Oliver ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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

^g Red de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Cronicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84937415775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0906-0     Document Type: Review

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