Policies to foster quality improvement registries: Lessons from the Swedish case

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 160-172

  Levay, C ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Legal regulatory issues; Quality improvement; Registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; FOSTER CARE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; POLICY; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955145173     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12438     Document Type: Article

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