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Laboratory data as a quality indicator of health-care-associated infections in England [PDF]

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018
Routine diagnostic laboratory results, e.g. numbers of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemias, have been used as health-care-associated infection quality indicators for decades. The English health-care-associated infection quality indicator system was one of the earliest in the world to mandate the collection and public ...
Tim Planche, Dakshika Jeyaratnam
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Successes and challenges towards improving quality of primary health care services: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Quality health services build communities’ and patients’ trust in health care. It enhances the acceptability of services and increases health service coverage.
Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B Khatri, Daniel Erku, Frehiwot Nigatu, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Yibeltal Assefa   +6 more
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An audit of the quality of inpatient care for adults with learning disability in the UK [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVES: To audit patient hospital records to evaluate the performance of acute general and mental health services in delivering inpatient care to people with learning disability and explore the influence of organisational factors on the quality of ...
Burnell, M, Chaplin, R, Crawford, MJ, Gallagher, P, Gandesha, A, Hall, I, Hassiotis, A, Jones, G, Kerr, M, Sheehan, R   +9 more
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Quality management in surgery: improving clinical and surgical outcomes

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2020
Quality is a term used by various specialists, from different perspectives, having as a common point to identify focuses that promote their development in institutional management.
RAPHAELLA PAULA FERREIRA, PHILLIPE ABREU, FLAVIO DANIEL SAAVEDRA TOMASICH, VINICIUS BASSO PRETI   +3 more
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A conceptual framework for the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project [PDF]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2006
The Health Care Quality Indicator (HCQI) Project of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which is aimed at developing a set of indicators for comparing the quality of health care across OECD member countries, requires a balanced conceptual framework that outlines the main concepts and domains of performance that should be ...
Arah, OA, Westert, GP, Hurst, J, Klazinga, NS   +3 more
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A Comparison of Home Care Quality Indicator Rates in Two Canadian Provinces [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Home care is becoming an increasingly vital sector in the health care system yet very little is known about the characteristics of home care clients and the quality of care provided in Canada.
Guthrie, Dawn M., Mofina, Amanda M
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The dynamics of quality: a national panel study of evidence-based standards [PDF]

, 2015
This is the final version of the article. Available from NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme via the DOI in this record.Background Shortfalls in the receipt of recommended health care have been previously reported in England, leading to ...
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Development and operationalization of a data framework to assess quality of integrated diabetes care in the fragmented data landscape of Belgium

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background To assess the quality of integrated diabetes care, we should be able to follow the patient throughout the care path, monitor his/her care process and link them to his/her health outcomes, while simultaneously link this information to the ...
Buffel Veerle, Danhieux Katrien, Philippe Bos, Remmen Roy, Van Olmen Josefien, Wouters Edwin   +5 more
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Can health care quality indicators be transferred between countries? [PDF]

Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2003
To evaluate the transferability of primary care quality indicators by comparing indicators for common clinical problems developed using the same method in the UK and the USA.Quality indicators developed in the USA for a range of common conditions using the RAND-UCLA appropriateness method were applied to 19 common primary care conditions in the UK. The
Marshall, MN, Shekelle, P, McGlynn, E. A, Campbell, SM, Brook, RH, Roland, M.   +5 more
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THE USE OF SPECIALIST HEALTH CARE IN NURSING HOMES AS AN INDICATOR FOR QUALITY OF CARE [PDF]

Innovation in Aging, 2019
Abstract Needs-based medical care is essential for maintaining and promoting health and quality of life in long-term care. But still knowledge of medical needs and of needs-based medical care of nursing home (NH) residents is limited.
Wolf-Ostermann, Karin, Wolf-Ostermann, Karin, Schmidt, Annika, Gand, Daniel, Gerhardus, Ansgar, Rothgang, Heinz   +5 more
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