The development of the concept of return-on-investment from large-scale quality improvement programmes in healthcare: an integrative systematic literature review.

S’thembile Thusini; Maria Milenova; Noushig Nahabedian; Barbara Grey; Tayana Soukup; Kia-Chong Chua; Claire Henderson

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The development of the concept of return-on-investment from large-scale quality improvement programmes in healthcare: an integrative systematic literature review.

January 11, 2023

Thusini S’thembile, Milenova M, Nahabedian N, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22(1):1492.

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Health systems often consider return on investment (ROI) when considering implementation of quality improvement and patient safety interventions (i.e., costs saved by preventing medical errors or improving quality of care). This systematic review explored how ROI concepts have been used in studies assessing large-scale quality improvement programs.

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