A systematic review of hospital accreditation: The challenges of measuring complex intervention effects

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brubakk, Kirsten ^a   Vist, Gunn E ^b   Bukholm, Geir ^c   Barach, Paul ^d   Tjomsland, Ole ^a  

^a South Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority   (Norway)

^b Prevention Health Promotion and Organization Unit Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Healthcare Services   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Certification; Evaluation; Hospital; Patient Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84937794142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0933-x     Document Type: Review

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