Associations between organizational characteristics and quality improvement activities of clinics participating in a quality improvement collaborative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have rigorously evaluated the associations between organizational characteristics and intervention activities of health care organizations participating in quality improvement collaboratives (QICs).

Objective

To examine the relationship between clinic characteristics and intervention activities by primary care clinics that provide HIV care and that participated in a QIC.

Design

Cross-sectional study of Ryan White CARE Act (now called Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act) funded clinics that participated in a QIC over 16 months in 2000 and 2001. The QIC was originally planned to be a more typical 12 months long, but was extended to increase the likelihood of success. Data were collected using surveys of clinicians and administrators in

SUBMITTER: Deo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748716 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature