Mandatory national quality improvement systems using indicators: An initial assessment in Europe and Israel

Anke Bramesfeld, Michel Wensing, Paul Bartels, Henning Bobzin, Catherine Grenier, Mona Heugren, Dena Jaffe Hirschfield, Manfred Langenegger, Birgitta Lindelius, Bruno Lucet, Orly Manor, Theres Schneider, Fiona Wardell and Joachim Szecsenyi

Health Policy, 2016, vol. 120, issue 11, 1256-1269

Abstract: Quality improvement systems (QIS) that are based on empirical performance assessment have increasingly been implemented as a mandatory part of health systems across countries. This study aims to describe national mandatory QIS in Europe in 2014.

Keywords: Quality assurance; Health care; Quality indicators; Health care; Health care systems; Quality of health care; Health services research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.09.019

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