The effect of external inspections on safety in acute hospitals in the National Health Service in England: A controlled interrupted time-series analysis

J Health Serv Res Policy. 2019 Jul;24(3):182-190. doi: 10.1177/1355819619837288. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

Authors

Ana Castro-Avila^{1

2}, Karen Bloor³, Carl Thompson⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1 Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK.
² 2 Lecturer, Carrera de Kinesiología, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.
³ 3 Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK.
⁴ 4 Professor of Applied Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, UK.

PMID: 30977673
DOI: 10.1177/1355819619837288

No abstract available

Keywords: accreditation; external inspection; interrupted time series analysis; quality of health care.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / prevention & control*
Accidental Falls / statistics & numerical data*
England / epidemiology
Hospitals
Humans
Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Medical Audit / methods*
Medical Audit / statistics & numerical data
Patient Safety
Pressure Ulcer / epidemiology*
Pressure Ulcer / prevention & control*
Quality Improvement / statistics & numerical data*
Quality of Health Care
State Medicine

Grants and funding

DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom