Importance of Leadership Style towards Quality of Care Measures in Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review

doi:10.3390/healthcare5040073

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. 2017 Oct 14;5(4):73.

doi: 10.3390/healthcare5040073.

Importance of Leadership Style towards Quality of Care Measures in Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review

Danae F Sfantou¹, Aggelos Laliotis², Athina E Patelarou³, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla⁴, Michail Matalliotakis⁵, Evridiki Patelarou⁶

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¹ 2nd Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens 12462, Greece. danaes230@gmail.com.
² Department of Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, St. Georges, NHS Foundation Hospitals, London SE170QT, UK. laliotisac@gmail.com.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete 71500, Greece. athina.patelarou@gmail.com.
⁴ Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete 71500, Greece. spdimi11@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Obstretics and Gynaecology, Venizeleio General Hospital, Heraklion, 71409, Greece. mihalismat@hotmail.com.
⁶ Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College, London SE18WA, UK. evridiki.patelarou@kcl.ac.uk.

PMID: 29036901
PMCID: PMC5746707
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare5040073

Review

Importance of Leadership Style towards Quality of Care Measures in Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review

Danae F Sfantou et al. Healthcare (Basel). 2017.

. 2017 Oct 14;5(4):73.

doi: 10.3390/healthcare5040073.

Authors

Danae F Sfantou¹, Aggelos Laliotis², Athina E Patelarou³, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla⁴, Michail Matalliotakis⁵, Evridiki Patelarou⁶

Affiliations

¹ 2nd Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens 12462, Greece. danaes230@gmail.com.
² Department of Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, St. Georges, NHS Foundation Hospitals, London SE170QT, UK. laliotisac@gmail.com.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete 71500, Greece. athina.patelarou@gmail.com.
⁴ Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete 71500, Greece. spdimi11@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Obstretics and Gynaecology, Venizeleio General Hospital, Heraklion, 71409, Greece. mihalismat@hotmail.com.
⁶ Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College, London SE18WA, UK. evridiki.patelarou@kcl.ac.uk.

PMID: 29036901
PMCID: PMC5746707
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare5040073

Abstract

Effective leadership of healthcare professionals is critical for strengthening quality and integration of care. This study aimed to assess whether there exist an association between different leadership styles and healthcare quality measures. The search was performed in the Medline (National Library of Medicine, PubMed interface) and EMBASE databases for the time period 2004-2015. The research question that guided this review was posed as: "Is there any relationship between leadership style in healthcare settings and quality of care?" Eighteen articles were found relevant to our research question. Leadership styles were found to be strongly correlated with quality care and associated measures. Leadership was considered a core element for a well-coordinated and integrated provision of care, both from the patients and healthcare professionals.

Keywords: leadership; leadership style; nursing; quality of care.

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