Funding Information: This study is part of the \u201CSAFEty in surgical care through the STandardisation and harmonisation of perioperative care in Europe\u201D (SAFEST) project, supported by the European Union - Horizon Europe Framework Programme (101057825). The funding source had no role in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, nor in the decision to submit th...
Funding Information: This work was supported by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under the grant agreement no 101057825. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Valli et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons...
Scopus ID: 84922218097 PMID: 24671120 WOS:000335921700003; RESULTS: Data was gathered from 188 hospitals in 7 participating countries. The overall participation and response rate were between 75% and 100% for the assessed measures. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study assessing relation between quality management and patient outcomes at EU level. The study involved a large number of respondents and achieved hig...