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Laboratory data as a quality indicator of health-care-associated infections in England. [PDF]
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
Jeyaratnam, D, Planche, T
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Quality of health care for refugees – a systematic review
Objective The aim of this systematic review was to identify quality indicators (QI) developed for health care for refugees. Methods We conducted a systematic review of international QI databases such as the Agency for Health care Research and Quality in ...
Karolin Hahn +3 more
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Background The Irish Office of Nursing & Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) commissioned the development an updated suite of mental health nursing metrics and indicators for implementation in Irish mental health clinical settings.
Andrew Hunter +6 more
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Quality indicators of professional practice of nurses
Introduction: Quality in health is one of the key requirements that clients demand. To improve their practice nurses use quality indicators as an important strategy for assessment and changes in care.
Joana Vieira +3 more
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Objective This study uses health and non-health sector data sources to select and assess available indicators for service provision along the continuum of care for maternal health at subnational levels in South Africa.
Mamothena Carol Mothupi +2 more
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Quality Indicators for Primary Health Care
Data have indicated that countries with a strong system of Primary Health Care (PHC) are more likely to have efficient health systems and better health outcomes than countries that focus strongly on hospital services. The aim of the article was to systematically review implemented quality projects used for evaluation of quality in PHC services.
E. Simou +3 more
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Association between education and quality of diabetes care in Switzerland [PDF]
PURPOSE: Low socioeconomic status is associated with higher prevalence of diabetes, worse outcomes, and worse quality of care. We explored the relationship between education, as a measure of socioeconomic status, and quality of care in the Swiss context.
Burnand, B. +5 more
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Contributions to the ontology of aging, the sensitive indicators of rehabilitation nursing care, in terms of self-care, in people with respiratory disorders [PDF]
With the increase in the average life expectancy, the appearance of chronic diseases and, in particular, in the respiratory forum and its disadvantages in the autonomy and self-care of patients, brought an important paradigm for health care and, in ...
Correia, J. +7 more
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Increasing the use of skilled health personnel where traditional birth attendants were providers of childbirth care: a systematic review [PDF]
Background: Improved access to skilled health personnel for childbirth is a priority strategy to improve maternal health. This study investigates interventions to achieve this where traditional birth attendants were providers of childbirth care and asks:
Coast, Ernestina +5 more
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Background In settings like the ambulatory care sector in Germany, where data on the outcomes of interdisciplinary health services provided by multiple office-based physicians are not always readily available, our study aims to develop a set of ...
Wiebke Schüttig +14 more
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