Understanding how and why audits work in improving the quality of hospital care: A systematic realist review

• Lisanne Hut-Mossel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: p.a.mossel@umcg.nl

  Affiliation Centre of Expertise on Quality and Safety, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-9917

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• Kees Ahaus ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kees Ahaus, Gera Welker, Rijk Gans

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Health Services Management & Organisation, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Gera Welker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kees Ahaus, Gera Welker, Rijk Gans

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Rijk Gans

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kees Ahaus, Gera Welker, Rijk Gans

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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