Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study.

Jeffrey Braithwaite; David Greenfield; Johanna I. Westbrook; Marjorie Pawsey; Mary T. Westbrook; Robert Gibberd; Justine Naylor; Sally Nathan; Maureen Robinson; Bill Runciman; Margaret Jackson; Joanne Travaglia; Brian Johnston; Desmond Yen; Heather McDonald; Lena Low; Sally Redman; Betty Johnson; Angus Corbett; Darlene Hennessy; John Clark; Judie Lancaster

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Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study.

March 23, 2011

Braithwaite J, Greenfield D, Westbrook JI, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(1):14-21.

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In this Australian study, accreditation by regulatory organizations was associated with a positive safety culture, but was not associated with clinical performance.

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