Open AccessThe impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care: perception of Lebanese nurses
Author(s) -
Fadi ElJardali,
D. Jamal,
Hani Dimassi,
Walid Ammar,
V. Tchaghchaghian
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal for quality in health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1464-3677
pISSN - 1353-4505
DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzn023
Subject(s) - accreditation , quality management , quality (philosophy) , likert scale , nursing , scale (ratio) , medicine , hospital accreditation , health care , government (linguistics) , family medicine , medical education , psychology , business , marketing , linguistics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , physics , economics , economic growth , service (business) , philosophy , developmental psychology
In developing countries, accreditation is increasingly being used as a tool for government regulation to guarantee quality of care. Although Lebanon is the first country in the East Mediterranean Region to develop and implement accreditation standards, little is known yet on its impact on quality of care.
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