Implementing performance improvement in New Zealand emergency departments: the six hour time target policy national research project protocol.

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Implementing performance improvement in New Zealand emergency departments: the six hour time target policy national research project protocol.

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In May 2009, the New Zealand government announced a new policy aimed at improving the quality of Emergency Department care and whole hospital performance. Governments have increasingly looked to time targets as a mechanism for improving hospital performance and from a whole system perspective, using the Emergency Department waiting time as a performance measure has the potential to see improvements in the wider health system. However, the imposition of targets may have significant adverse con...

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2012

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Jones, Peter / Chalmers, L / Wells, Linda / Ameratunga, Shanthi / Carswell, Peter / Ashton, Toni / Curtis, Elana / Reid, Mary-Jane / Stewart, Joanna / Harper, A / Tenbensel, Timothy

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/21728

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Emergency Service, Hospital / Health Policy / Health Services Research / Healthcare Disparities / Humans / Interviews as Topic / Length of Stay / New Zealand / Oceanic Ancestry Group / Organizational Case Studies / Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) / Patient Readmission / Program Development / Qualitative Research / Quality Assurance, Health Care / Waiting Lists

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