A 10 year (2000-2010) systematic review of interventions to improve quality of care in hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Against a backdrop of rising healthcare costs, variability in care provision and an increased emphasis on patient satisfaction, the need for effective interventions to improve quality of care has come to the fore. This is the first ten year (2000-2010) systematic review of interventions which sought to improve quality of care in a hospital setting. This review moves beyond a broad assessment of outcome significance levels and makes recommendations for future effective and accessible interventions.

Methods

Two researchers independently screened a total of 13,195 English language articles from the databases PsychInfo, Medline, PubMed, EmBase and CinNahl. There were 120 potentially relevant full text articles examined and 20 of those articles met the inclusion criter

SUBMITTER: Conry MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3523986 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature