Aims To systematically identify and synthesise health service accreditation literature.
Methods A systematic identification and narrative synthesis of health service accreditation …

Background Healthcare accreditation standards are advocated as an important means of
improving clinical practice and organisational performance. Standard development …

Purpose To identify and analyse research on the use of economic evaluation in health
services accreditation. Data sources Seven online health and economic databases, and key …

Background Accreditation programs are complex, system-wide quality and safety
interventions. Despite their international popularity, evidence of their effectiveness is weak …

Objective The study aim was twofold: to investigate and describe the organizational
attributes of accreditation programmes in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to …

Abstract Multi-Stakeholder Health Services Research Collaborations (M-SHSRCs) are
increasingly pursued internationally to undertake complex implementation research that …

Introduction Unwarranted clinical variation (UCV) can be described as variation that can
only be explained by differences in health system performance. There is a lack of clarity …

Background Service accreditation is a structured process of recognising and promoting
performance and adherence to standards. Typically, accreditation agencies either receive …

Purpose Adults and children with intellectual disability (ID) are vulnerable to preventable
morbidity and mortality due to poor quality healthcare. While poor quality care has been …

The local‐level impacts of decentralizing national health systems are significant yet
infrequently examined. This review aims to assess whether localized health services …