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International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access originally published online on February 1, 2009
International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2009 21(3):151-152; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp001
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press in association with the International Society for Quality in Health Care; all rights reserved

Editorial

International benchmarking. Option or illusion?

E-mail: jan.mainz@rn.dk

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Quality improvement is and should be an international endeavor. Frameworks in terms of terminologies and definitions as well as philosophies and methods in terms of designs and principles should be shared internationally.

This transfer of knowledge and inspiration is widely successful through the international literature, international societies on quality of care, collaboratives and friendships. Such international efforts have resulted in attempts to develop common and comparable definitions.

Recent international collaboration on quality improvement has centered on several international projects targeting the development of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Jan Mainz

Department for Health Services Research,
Unit for Health Economics,
University of Southern Denmark and
Psychiatry in Region North Denamrk

Paul Bartels

The Danish National Indicator Project

Hans Rutberg

Linkobing Hospital, Sweden

Ed Kelley

Strategic Programmes,
WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety,
Geneva, Switzerland


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