Four models for external quality assessment in the health sector
Guillain, H.
Revue Medicale de la Suisse Romande 121(11): 791-793
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3655 PMID: 11765560 Document Number: 540214
European hospitals have adopted four different models for external assessment of their quality systems: Accreditation along the JCAHO criteria Certification along the ISO 9000 criteria Assessment according to the EFQM model Visitatie (in Netherlands). The characteristic of the first three models are exposed, and their differences and similarities discussed. The perspectives for the future in Switzerland are briefly presented.
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