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Quality of care: measuring a neglected driver of improved health

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2016
The quality of care provided by health systems contributes towards efforts to reach sustainable development goal 3 on health and well-being. There is growing evidence that the impact of health interventions is undermined by poor quality of care in lower ...
Yoko Akachi, M. Kruk
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Evaluation of labor and childbirth care by nurse-midwives in Brazilian private hospitals: results of a quality improvement project [PDF]

, 2023
Fabrine C. Souza, Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Jacqueline Alves Torres, Maysa Luduvice Gomes, María do Carmo Leal   +4 more
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Americans' Views of Nursing Care [PDF]

, 2006
Summarizes findings from a September 2005 survey on Americans' views on the quality of hospital care and the factors affecting it, their awareness of the nursing shortage, and the importance of the quality of nursing care in choosing a ...
Edith Burbank-Schmitt
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The effect of patient care education on burden of care and quality of life of caregivers of stroke patients

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2019
D Hekmatpou,1 E Mohammad Baghban,1 L Mardanian Dehkordi2 1Nursing Department, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran; 2Nursing Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran Background: Care for stroke patients at home is a very ...
Hekmatpou D, Mohammad Baghban E, Mardanian Dehkordi L   +2 more
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The searchbuildR shiny app: A new implementation of the objective approach for search strategy development in systematic reviews

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
Introduction One of the main tasks in information retrieval is the development of Boolean search strategies for systematic searches in bibliographic databases. This includes the identification of free‐text terms and controlled vocabulary.
Claudia Kapp, Naomi Fujita‐Rohwerder, Jona Lilienthal, Wiebke Sieben, Siw Waffenschmidt, Elke Hausner   +5 more
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Development of a Safety Awards Program at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Quality Improvement Initiative [PDF]

, 2023
Naseema Merchant
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Client Empowerment and Quality Assurance [PDF]

, 2008
Measurements of quality in social care services in the UK have generally been concerned with regularly measuring performance in terms of Quality Indicators or Best Value reports.
Dowling, Monica
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A prospective cluster randomized trial of an interventions bundle to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections in the outpatient setting

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Antibiotic overuse and increasing antimicrobial resistance are global public health threats. We determined the impact of a multicomponent intervention in reducing inappropriate antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in ...
Adeel A. Butt, Sherin Shams, Atika Jabeen, Asma Ali Al-Nuaimi, Jeyaram Illiayaraja Krishnan, Aimon B. Malik, Samah Saleem, Maryam Hassan Abdulaziz, Naheel Ismail Seyam, Kamran Aziz, Dalia Kandil, Anil G. Thomas, Hanaa Nafady-Hego, Muzna I. Lone, Jameela Al Ajmi, Zain A. Bhutta, Noora AlSulaiti, Wael E. Said Hussein, Sandy Semaan, Samya Ahmad Al-Abdulla, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra   +21 more
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The influence of depressive symptoms on the effectiveness of a short-term group form of Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for personality disorders: a naturalistic study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background This naturalistic study examined the outcomes of Short-Term Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in groups with personality disorders, and with high and low severity of depressive symptoms.
David Koppers, Henricus Van, Jaap Peen, Jet Alberts, Jack Dekker   +4 more
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How Does the Quality of U.S. Health Care Compare Internationally? [PDF]

, 2009
Explores definitions of high-quality health care and evidence for comparing U.S. health care with care in other countries. Discusses measures of specific types of care; findings on over-utilization, patient safety, and uninsurance; and ...
Elizabeth Docteur, Robert A. Berenson
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