International Journal for Quality in Health Care 14:340-341 (2002)
© 2002 International Society for Quality in Health Care
Book Review |
Quality indicators for general practice: A practical guide for health professionals and managers. Edited by Martin Marshall, Stephen Campbell, Jenny Hacker and Martin Roland
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Edited by Martin Marshall, Stephen Campbell, Jenny Hacker and Martin Roland
Published in 2002 by Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, London, UK. ISBN 1-85315-488-1; Price £19.50.
Quality indicators for general practice: A practical guide for health professionals and managers is a practical book. It briefly overviews a process for developing quality indicators relevant to British general practice, and then presents indicators for 19 common clinical conditions. A final chapter discusses the possible uses (and avoidance of misuses) of the indicators. This edited text will be of great use to clinicians working in British general practice, as well as managers, clinical governance leaders, and others working to improve the quality of primary care. Because it is the result of a binational collaboration, the process