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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN HEALTH CARE: AN OVERVIEW

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1990
Increasing interest in quality assurance and effectiveness in health care has been generated by three major things: about 20% of care is consistently demonstrated to be inappropriate, variations in practice cannot be explained by patient or facility factors, and decreased utilization as a result of changing economic and regulatory incentives seems to ...
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The Historical Precedents for Quality Assurance in Health Care

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1983
Abstract The evolution of quality assurance as an essential component of a scientific, objective approach to health care delivery, and its implications for the profession of occupational therapy are presented. A review is made of the economic, ethical, psychological, and legislative forces that have influenced the development of quality ...
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Quality assurance in health care: past, present and future

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2003
Abstract Quality of health care delivery is a growing concern globally given current budget restraints and increasing demands on health care providers. The variety of quality assurance and quality management activities equals the numerous ways health care practitioners of all genres provide health care.
B.J. Craig, E. Bilawka
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The Development of Quality Assurance in the German Health Care System

QRB - Quality Review Bulletin, 1992
Quality assurance efforts in the German health care system have primarily been a responsibility of the medical profession. The Federal and State Physician Chambers coordinated early quality assurance studies, which conformed to the guidelines of voluntary participation by physicians, confidentiality of data, and no imposition of sanctions for poor ...
Gunter Neubauer, Bradford Kirkman-Liff, Bradford Kirkman-Liff   +2 more
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Health care quality assurance: Techniques and approaches

Public Money & Management, 1994
The authors carried out a review of the literature on QA in health care (Ellis and Whittington, 1993), from which it emerged that techniques can be considered under two headings: those that appeared to have been developed specifically for the purpose; and those that rely on the application of established techniques from the social sciences.
Dorothy Whittington, Roger Ellis
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Quality Assurance in Health‐care Education

Quality Assurance in Education, 1994
Discusses the need for health‐care education to address the issue of quality at a school‐based level in light of future funding arrangements and the need to maintain professional standards. Identifies the key stakeholders in health‐care education and the interface with higher education quality assurance processes.
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Evaluation of Psychosocial Health Care in Quality Assurance Activities

Medical Care, 1981
This article documents the extent to which one type of quality assurance activity--the medical audit--includes evaluation of psychosocial aspects of health and disease. The criteria used for 448 medical audits completed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area from 1975 to 1979 are examined in terms of three kinds of psychosocial criteria--those dealing with ...
John T. Kelly, Jolene K. Berg
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Quality assurance in health care: a mission for action

Pathology, 1975
Quality assurance in health care can only be met by an effective system for total quality control. For the medical laboratory a 6 phase system can be outlined: Phase I Design control: Proper laboratory and staff design for assay systems. Phase II Incoming material control: Selection of patient samples, reagents, methods and instruments for each ...
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Quality Assurance in Health Care: The Theoretical Context

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 1992
Explores the theoretical context of quality and quality assurance in health care through a detailed review of the current literature. Outlines the definitions of quality and quality assurance. Identifies the two structural elements of quality assurance: quality assessment and quality improvement and control.
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The legal framework for health care quality assurance in Germany

Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2008
Like most industrialized countries, Germany's health care system is facing two major challenges. The first is to find a sustainable financing system for increasing health care expenditures. The second is to ensure - and improve - the quality of care provided. This article describes the status quo in quality assurance in Germany and analyses the changes
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