Feasibility first: developing public performance indicators on patient safety and clinical effectiveness for Dutch hospitals.

Marc Berg; Yvonne Meijerink; Marit Gras; Anne Goossensen; Wim Schellekens; Jan Haeck; Marjon Kallewaard; Herre Kingma

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Feasibility first: developing public performance indicators on patient safety and clinical effectiveness for Dutch hospitals.

December 7, 2005

Berg M, Meijerink Y, Gras M, et al. Health Policy (New York). 2005;75(1):59-73.

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The authors report on the development of a set of performance indicators for all hospitals in the Netherlands.

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