Consensus on the leadership of hospital CEO's and its impact on the participation of physicians in improvement projects

Objectives: The success of a Dutch program to disseminate quality improvement projects depends on the participation of physicians working in program hospitals. The leadership of hospital executives (CEOs) is considered an important explanation. This study aims to determine whether the relation, between the extent to which physicians notice their CEOs stimulate improvement initiatives and the number of projects joined by physicians, is moderated by the consensus among physicians working in the same hospital. Methods: Multilevel analyses are applied on data of 286 physicians from eight hospitals... Mehr ...