International benchmarking of specialty hospitals. A series of case studies on comprehensive cancer centres

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Benchmarking is one of the methods used in business that is applied to hospitals to improve the management of their operations. International comparison between hospitals can explain performance differences. As there is a trend towar...

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Main Authors: van Lent Wineke AM, de Beer Relinde D, van Harten Wim H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/253