期刊名称：Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration
印刷版ISSN：2001-7413
出版年度：2014
卷号：18
期号：4
页码：73-89
出版社：University of Gothenburg
摘要：A gap exists between policymaking for quality improvement and the realization of these policies in practice.Using previous research on intermediaries, a conceptual model of an Intermediary for Quality Improvement (IQI) is developed.The model highlights the characteristics of structural positions, mediating approaches, and duration as a way to describe an IQI.The conceptual model is used to examine two cases in which Famna, the Swedish Association for Non-profit Health and Social Service Providers, has supported both policymaking and the implementation of policies at a provider level.The cases are the national strategy for quality improvement by open comparisons in health care and social services and a new regulation on quality management systems in health care and social services.Using the concept of an IQI deepens the understanding of how top-down and bottom-up perspectives may be managed to realize good quality of services.
其他摘要：A gap exists between policymaking for quality improvement and the realization of these policies in practice. Using previous research on intermediaries, a conceptual model of an Intermediary for Quality Improvement (IQI) is developed. The model highlights the characteristics of structural positions, mediating approaches, and duration as a way to describe an IQI. The conceptual model is used to examine two cases in which Famna, the Swedish Association for Non-profit Health and Social Service Providers, has supported both policymaking and the implementation of policies at a provider level. The cases are the national strategy for quality improvement by open comparisons in health care and social services and a new regulation on quality management systems in health care and social services. Using the concept of an IQI deepens the understanding of how top-down and bottom-up perspectives may be managed to realize good quality of services.
