title: [Four models for external quality assessment in the health sector].
abstract: European hospitals have adopted four different models for external assessment of their quality systems: Accreditation along the JCAHO criteria Certification along the ISO 9000 criteria Assessment according to the EFQM model Visitatie (in Netherlands). The characteristic of the first three models are exposed, and their differences and similarities discussed. The perspectives for the future in Switzerland are briefly presented.
authors.affiliation: Hospices cantonaux, CH-1005 Lausanne. herve.guillain@hospvd.ch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guillain
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D005544:Forecasting; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013557:Switzerland; D014481:United States
vernacular_title: Quatre modèles de reconnaissance externe de la qualité dans le secteur de la santé.