Effectiveness of external inspection of compliance with standards in improving healthcare organisation behaviour, healthcare professional behaviour or patient outcomes.

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BACKGROUND: Inspection systems are used in health care to promote quality improvements, i.e. to achieve changes in organisational structures or processes, healthcare provider behaviour and patient outcomes. These systems are based on the assumption that externally promoted adherence to evidence-based standards (through inspection/assessment) will result in higher quality of health care. However, the benefits of external inspection in terms of organisational, provider and patient level outcome...

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Authors: Flodgren, G; Pomey, M; Taber, SA; Eccles, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Issue: 11
• Pages: CD008992
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd008992.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Staphylococcal Infections; Guideline Adherence; Cross Infection; Professional Practice; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Hospitals; Quality Assurance, Health Care; South Africa; Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); England; Accreditation; Organizational Culture; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Quality Improvement