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Is the maturity of hospitals' quality improvement systems associated with measures of quality and patient safety?
Groene O, Mora N, Thompson A, Saez M, Casas M, Suñol R. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:344.

This Spanish study found that hospitals with more mature quality improvement systems appeared to have lower rates of preventable in-hospitals complications.
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