TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic evaluation of Australian acute care accreditation (ACCREDIT-CBA (Acute))
T2 - study protocol for a mixed-method research project
AU - Mumford, Virginia
AU - Greenfield, David
AU - Hinchcliff, Reece
AU - Moldovan, Max
AU - Forde, Kevin
AU - Westbrook, Johanna I.
AU - Braithwaite, Jeffrey
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Introduction: The Accreditation Collaborative for the Conduct of Research, Evaluation and Designated Investigations through Teamwork-Cost-Benefit Analysis (ACCREDIT-CBA (Acute)) study is designed to determine and make explicit the costs and benefits of Australian acute care accreditation and to determine the effectiveness of acute care accreditation in improving patient safety and quality of care. The cost-benefit analysis framework will be provided in the form of an interactive model for industry partners, health regulators and policy makers, accreditation agencies and acute care service providers. Methods and design: The study will use a mixedmethod approach to identify, quantify and monetise the costs and benefits of accreditation. Surveys, expert panels, focus groups, interviews and primary and secondary data analysis will be used in cross-sectional and case study designs. Ethics and dissemination: The University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Committee has approved this project (approval number HREC 10274). The results of the study will be reported via peer-reviewed publications, conferences and seminar resentations and will form part of a doctoral thesis.
AB - Introduction: The Accreditation Collaborative for the Conduct of Research, Evaluation and Designated Investigations through Teamwork-Cost-Benefit Analysis (ACCREDIT-CBA (Acute)) study is designed to determine and make explicit the costs and benefits of Australian acute care accreditation and to determine the effectiveness of acute care accreditation in improving patient safety and quality of care. The cost-benefit analysis framework will be provided in the form of an interactive model for industry partners, health regulators and policy makers, accreditation agencies and acute care service providers. Methods and design: The study will use a mixedmethod approach to identify, quantify and monetise the costs and benefits of accreditation. Surveys, expert panels, focus groups, interviews and primary and secondary data analysis will be used in cross-sectional and case study designs. Ethics and dissemination: The University of New South Wales Human Research Ethics Committee has approved this project (approval number HREC 10274). The results of the study will be reported via peer-reviewed publications, conferences and seminar resentations and will form part of a doctoral thesis.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100200586
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/568612
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002381
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002381
M3 - Article
C2 - 23396564
AN - SCOPUS:84874965811
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 2
M1 - 002381
ER -