Enferm Clin. 2019;29(S2):315---320 www.elsevier.es/enfermeriaclinica Impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care: A literature review  Imelda Avia, Rr. Tutik Sri Hariyati * Faculty of Nursing Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, Indonesia Received 13 November 2018; accepted 17 April 2019 Available online 2 July 2019 KEYWORDS Impact of accreditation; Hospital; Quality of care Abstract Objective: To review and analyze the impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care. Method: We reviewed articles of the hospital accreditation impact on quality of care which had been published in English and Indonesian from 2008 to 2018. Comprehensive searches were conducted in the online databases of ProQuest, CINAHL and ScienceDirect. Results: A total of 11 articles were reviewed. We found that the hospital accreditation impacted the quality of care through improved quality of management (81.81%), improved employee participation (27.27%), and improved quality of results (54.54%). The articles studied nurses and other health workers with consideration on their work experience, education, and age. Conclusions: Hospital accreditation has positive impact in improving the quality of services provided in the hospitals. The greatest impact was reflected by the hospitals that had been accredited by the Joint Commission International. The perceptions on which the studies were based came from various health care personnel and were not limited to professional nurses. Therefore, further research is needed to understand the impact of accreditation on the quality of care from the nurses’ perception. © 2019 Elsevier Espa˜ na, S.L.U. All rights reserved. Introduction Hospital Accreditation is a standard compliance assessment process conducted by an independent institution from within or outside the country. In Indonesia, the gold standard  Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Second International Nursing Scholar Congress (INSC 2018) of Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia. Full-text and the content of it is under responsibility of authors of the article. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: tutik@ui.ac.id (Rr.T.S. Hariyati). of hospital Accreditation as mandated by the Indonesian Ministry of Health is the accreditation carried out by the Joint Commission International (JCI). JCI is an United States based-international institution which was established in 1951. 1 This institution has been conducting the task of establishing and evaluating the performance standards of health care providers through its accreditation. However, since 1995, Indonesia has set up the national accreditation standards and in January 2018 had the 1st edition of the National Hospital accreditation standard. 2 Indonesian Hos- pital Accreditation Commission is an independent institution in Indonesia that examines the functional and non-structural https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.06.003 1130-8621/© 2019 Elsevier Espa˜ na, S.L.U. All rights reserved.