@article{9b157348120d479f82f924a5e89d5042,
title = "An appraisal of healthcare accreditation agencies and programs: Similarities, differences, challenges and opportunities",
abstract = "Background: The study, following similar reviews in 2000 and 2010, presents an update of knowledge about external evaluation agencies and accreditation programs. Objective: The study aim was to investigate the current profile of external evaluation agencies identifying their program features, and significant changes and challenges. ",
keywords = "accreditation, external evaluation, healthcare standards, quality improvement",
author = "David Greenfield and Usman Iqbal and Elaine O'Connor and Nicola Conlan and Heather Wilson",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Quality in Health Care. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1093/intqhc/mzab150",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
journal = "Quality Assurance in Health Care",
issn = "1353-4505",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "4",
}
