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2012
The challenge to deliver the highest quality health care to patients with diabetes is complex and multifaceted. The goal of this chapter is to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the conceptual framework of health care quality and measurement as applied in the treatment and management of diabetic foot care.
Emily A. Cook, Marcia A. Testa
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The challenge to deliver the highest quality health care to patients with diabetes is complex and multifaceted. The goal of this chapter is to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the conceptual framework of health care quality and measurement as applied in the treatment and management of diabetic foot care.
Emily A. Cook, Marcia A. Testa
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Quality of health care for the disadvantaged
Journal of Community Health, 1975Literature review points out that: (a) differentials in health status between the disadvantaged and the nondisadvantaged persist, often to a large degree; (b) differentials in the overall amount of care received are less striking now than heretofore, but standardization by level of need demonstrates measurable discrepancies in health services provided ...
Robert H. Brook, Kathleen N. Williams
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Service Quality in Health Care
JAMA, 1999Although US health care is described as "the world's largest service industry," the quality of service--that is, the characteristics that shape the experience of care beyond technical competence--is rarely discussed in the medical literature. This article illustrates service quality principles by analyzing a routine encounter in health care from a ...
John W. Kenagy +2 more
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Reflections on Quality Health Care
Nursing Administration Quarterly, 2003The author, a JCAHO Codman Award recipient, reflects on her professional career in the area of health care quality and describes how nurses have been leaders in the study and improvement of health care quality. Nursing's contributions to the development of quality of care measures, guidelines, and standardized languages are described and current and ...
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The Cost of Quality in Health Care
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1992The potential fiscal impact of improved quality on health care providers and organizations is substantial. In this era of dwindling health care resources, proposals that may limit cost increases while improving quality represent true win-win situations.
Linda M. Delene, David T. Overton
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Pediatrics in Review, 1988
Quality has become a headline issue in American health care. The topic has drawn the attention of professional societies, purchaser groups, regulators, and patient advocacy organizations, and questions about quality are becoming, in one form or another, part of the daily life of the doctor.
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Quality has become a headline issue in American health care. The topic has drawn the attention of professional societies, purchaser groups, regulators, and patient advocacy organizations, and questions about quality are becoming, in one form or another, part of the daily life of the doctor.
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Defining Quality in Health Care
Military Medicine, 1992The difficulty and importance of developing and implementing a definition of quality in health care is discussed. Some current definitions are considered, and a recommended definition of quality health care is presented.
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Measuring the Quality of Health Care
New England Journal of Medicine, 1971IT is no news that the quality of health care in the United States is often called "inadequate," with the descriptors ranging (±2 S.D.) from "catastrophic" to "spotty." Although a host of distressf...
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Managing the Quality of Health Care
Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 2002This article reviews quality of health care initiatives beginning with the quality assessment/quality assurance movement of the 1970s. Conceptually, modern quality of care management is rooted in the intellectual wort of Avedis Donabedian who defined quality of care as, a combination of structure, process, and outcome.
James S, Larson, Andreas, Muller
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Specifying Quality in Health Care
Journal of Management in Medicine, 1994Quality should be a central issue in the commissioning and provision of health care. This requires a systematic approach to defining and monitoring quality. Such an approach should address: quality characteristics such as efficiency, accessibility, effectiveness (which may conflict with each other); the several levels at which quality may be specified,
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