Improving The Accuracy Of Hospital Quality Ratings By Focusing On The Association Between Volume And Outcome. [PDF]
Health Aff (Millwood), 2020 Glance LG +4 more
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Long-Term Impact of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) Report Cards on CABG Mortality and Provider Market Share and Volume [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose: Empirical evidence on impact of CABG report cards on the quality of CABG surgery is patchy, mixed and mainly comes from uncontrolled and short term studies. CABG report cards are associated with a small decline in mortality after controlling for
Shukla, Mahesh
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Is More Information Better? The Effects of 'Report Cards' on Health Care Providers [PDF]
Health care report cards - public disclosure of patient health outcomes at the level of the individual physician and/or hospital - may address important informational asymmetries in markets for health care, but they may also give doctors and hospitals ...
Mark Satterthwaite +3 more
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Charlotte Pommer: Resistance fighter and female pioneer of German anatomy
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the biography and unique case of Charlotte Pommer (1914–2004), the only anatomist documented to have left the field during the Nazi period after encountering the regime's victims on the dissection table. While she is known for her resistance activities, newly presented documentation reveals her role as the provisional ...
Tim S. Goldmann
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Selection of Indicators of Hospital Report Cards and using Structural Equation Modeling to Analyze Inpatient’s Perception toward the Innovation, Attitudes, and willingness to use Hospital Report Cards [PDF]
, 2007 由於醫療服務具高度專業性，故醫療照護市場長期存在資訊不對等的問題。隨著消費者利益保護及病人權利運動的興起、民眾被要求在自己的健康上承擔更多的責任，積極參與健康決策、新資訊科技的發明，使得醫院醫療與服務品質資訊的收集更容易且成本更低廉，因此，歐美各國近年來積極建立健康照護市場的品質資訊，發展醫院品質報告卡，提供民眾就醫選擇所需的資訊，期望能達成保障民眾的醫療權益，同時促使醫院提升醫療與服務品質，及增進醫療照護市場運作效率的目標。 台灣自1995年起實施全民健康保險制度 ...
陳楚杰, Chen, Chu-Chieh
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The intersection of science and art has historically fostered innovation, yet the integration of creative arts into anatomy education remains limited. The Synthetic Anatomy module was designed to bridge anatomy teaching with creative design for bioscience and biomedical engineering students. This study evaluates the module's educational impact
Mandeep Gill Sagoo +6 more
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The effect of competition on process and outcome quality of hospital care: An empirical analysis for the Netherlands [PDF]
The paper focuses on the relationship between competition and quality in the Dutch hospital sector. We analyse the period of 2004-2008, in which a healthcare reform took place in the Netherlands, introducing competition in the healthcare sector.
Michiel Bijlsma +3 more
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Statistical and clinical aspects of hospital outcomes profiling [PDF]
, 2007 . Hospital profiling involves a comparison of a health care provi-der’s structure, processes of care, or outcomes to a standard, often in the form of a report card. Given the ubiquity of report cards and similar con-sumer ratings in contemporary American
David M. Shahian, Sharon-lise T. Norm
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Paediatric development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract This review focuses on the development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics for paediatric use. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of various childhood conditions, including cancers, infections and brain disorders.
Justin L. Hay +5 more
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Quality Disclosure and Certification: Theory and Practice [PDF]
This essay reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on quality disclosure and certification. After comparing quality disclosure with other quality assurance mechanisms and describing a brief history of quality disclosure, we address three key ...
Ginger Zhe Jin, David Dranove
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