Hospital accreditation: lessons from low- and middle-income countries
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Hospital accreditation: lessons from low- and middle-income countries
The growth of accreditation programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) provides important examples of innovations in leadership, governance and mission which could be adopted in developed countries. While these accreditation programs in LMICs follow the basic structure and process of accreditation systems in the developed world, with written standards and an evaluation by independent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Globalization and Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-014-0065-9