Association between organizational factors and quality of care: an examination of hospital performance indicators

The recent reports by Institute of Medicine, `To Err is Human' and `Crossing Quality Chasm', revealed a large prevalence of medical errors and substandard care in US hospitals. Since then there has been a substantial increase in the efforts to measure and improve quality of care. The objec...

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Main Author: Vartak, Smruti Chandrakant
Other Authors: Ward, Marcia M., 1950-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2010
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2784
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2683&context=etd