The impact of an evaluation of hospital accreditation.
One of the conditions under which public hospitals in New South Wales were allowed to participate in the Hospital accreditation program was that the program itself be evaluated. The evaluation was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek Michigan, USA. This article describes the principle results of the evaluation and assesses the impact that the evaluation had on the program and relevant decision makers.
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