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PGI31 Health Care Indicators to Measure Quality of Care in Patients with Liver Diseases [PDF]

Value in Health, 2012
Objective: Liver Diseases (LDs) are prevalent and generate high human and economic costs to the society. Efficient strategies of diagnosis and treatment are necessary to improve patients’ health and reduce costs. Our aim was to identify healthcare quality indicators (HCQIs) to measure quality of care provided to LD patients.
CORTESI, PAOLO ANGELO, SCALONE, LUCIANA, OKOLICSANYI, STEFANO, ROTA, MATTEO, CIACCIO, ANTONIO, Ideo, G, VALSECCHI, MARIA GRAZIA, MANTOVANI, LORENZO GIOVANNI, CESANA, GIANCARLO, STRAZZABOSCO, MARIO   +9 more
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Measuring quality of care with routine data: avoiding confusion between performance indicators and health outcomes [PDF]

, 1999
Objective To investigate the impact of factors outside the control of primary care on performance indicators proposed as measures of the quality of primary care.
Giuffrida, A, Gravelle, H, Roland, M
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Evaluación de la calidad de cuidados de enfermería en hospital privado

Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2013
The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of nursing care at a private hospital based on structure, process and results indicators through direct patient observation and by analyzing patient records using an active search record. A total of
Graziela Caldana, Carmen Silvia Gabriel, Fernanda Ludmila Rossi Rocha, Andrea Bernardes, Lucilena Françolin, Daniele Bernardi da Costa   +5 more
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Using indicators to quantify the potential to improve the quality of health care [PDF]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2004
Although clinical indicators allow individual providers to monitor and improve their own performance and quality of care, another important role for the indicators is to provide comparative information across all providers. We show that the 'league table' approach is ineffective, and provide an alternative method that uses the comparative rates to ...
Gibberd, Robert, Hancock, Stephen, Howley, Peter, Richards, Kay   +3 more
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HEALTH CARE QUALITY INDICATORS: THE OPINION OF NURSING MANAGERS OF TEACHING HOSPITALS

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2015
Quantitative descriptive study aimed to identify the opinion of nursing managers of teaching hospitals on the relevance of quality indicators in the management of nursing services.
Mariana Angela Rossaneis, Carmen Silvia Gabriel, Maria do Carmo Lourenço Haddad, Marcia Regina Antonietto da Costa Melo, Andrea Bernardes   +4 more
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A pilot qualitative study to explore stakeholder opinions regarding prescribing quality indicators

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background Information on prescribing quality of diabetes care is required by health care providers, insurance companies, policy makers, and the public.
Martirosyan Liana, Markhorst Joekie, Denig Petra, Haaijer-Ruskamp Flora M, Braspenning Jozé   +4 more
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Surgical capacity assessment in the state of Amazonas using the surgical assessment tool. Cross-sectional study

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2022
Objective: Brazil is a country with universal health coverage, yet access to surgery among remote rural populations remains understudied. This study assesses surgical care capacity among hospitals providing care for the rural populations in the Amazonas
JOSÉ EMERSON SOUZA, RODRIGO VAZ FERREIRAI, SAURABH SALUJA, JULIA AMUNDSON, ISABELLE CITRON, PAUL TRUCHE, LINA ROA, KATHRIN ZIMMERMAN, HILLARY E JENNY, ALEXIS N BOWDER, PEDRO HENRIQUE DA SILVA GOMES, JESSICA DE OLIVEIRA CORREIA, JOHN MEARA, NIVALDO ALONSO   +13 more
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A conceptual analytics model for an outcome-driven quality management framework as part of professional healthcare education [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Preparing the future health care professional workforce in a changing world is a significant undertaking. Educators and other decision makers look to evidence-based knowledge to improve quality of education.
Barman, L, Hervatis, V, Loe, A, O'Donoghue, J, Zary, N   +4 more
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The OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project: history and background [PDF]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2006
To describe the background, history, and approach of the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) Project, an initiative to implement quality measures for international benchmarking of medical care at the health system level.The participating countries and international organizations selected five priority areas (cardiac care, diabetes, mental health,
Soeren Mattke, Sheila Leatherman, Arnold M. Epstein   +2 more
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Measuring and improving the quality of tuberculosis care: A framework and implications from the Lancet Global Health Commission

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019
In this article, we describe the framework of the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems, propose new and undermeasured indicators of TB care quality, and discuss implications of the Commission's key conclusions for measuring and ...
Catherine Arsenault, Sanam Roder-DeWan, Margaret E. Kruk   +2 more
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