Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study

Braithwaite, Jeffrey; Greenfield, David; Westbrook, Johanna; Pawsey, Marjorie; T. Westbrook, Mary; Gibberd, Robert; Naylor, Justine; Nathan, Sally; Robinson, M.; B. Runciman, W.; Jackson, Michael; Travaglia, Joanne; Johnston, Brian; Hung-Tsang Yen, David; McDonald, Helen; Kane Low, Lisa; Redman, Selina; S. Johnson, Brian; Corbett, Alastair; Hennessy, Deborah; E. Clark, John; Lancaster, Judith

doi:10.1136/qshc.2009.033928

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Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study

Published in BMJ Quality & Safety • Feb 1, 2010

Authors:

Jeffrey Braithwaite

David Greenfield

Johanna Westbrook

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite the widespread use of accreditation in many countries, and prevailing beliefs that accreditation is associated with variables contributing to clinical care and organisational outcomes, little systematic research has been conducted to examine its validity as a predictor of healthc...

Subject

Medicine

Accreditation

Stratified sampling

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