International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Editorials:

EDITORIAL: The role of external assessment in improving health care
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 167; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.167 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

CHARLES D. SHAW

External quality mechanisms for health care: summary of the ExPeRT project on visitatie, accreditation, EFQM and ISO assessment in European Union countries
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 169-175; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.169 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CATHERINE HEATON

External peer review in Europe: an overview from the ExPeRT Project
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 177-182; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.177 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NIEK KLAZINGA

Re-engineering trust: the adoption and adaption of four models for external quality assurance of health care services in western European health care systems
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 183-189; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.183 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

UDO NABITZ, NIEK KLAZINGA, and JAN WALBURG

The EFQM excellence model: European and Dutch experiences with the EFQM approach in health care
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 191-202; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.191 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN SWEENEY and CATHERINE HEATON

Interpretations and variations of ISO 9000 in acute health care
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 203-209; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.203 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BRIAN T. COLLOPY

Clinical indicators in accreditation: an effective stimulus to improve patient care
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 211-216; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STRASIMIR CUCIC

European Union health policy and its implications for national convergence
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 217-225; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ELMA G. HEIDEMANN

Moving to global standards for accreditation processes: the ExPeRT Project in a larger context
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 227-230; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.227 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LLUIS BOHIGAS and CATHERINE HEATON

Methods for external evaluation of health care institutions
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 231-238; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.231 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CAROLINE VAN WEERT

Developments in professional quality assurance towards quality improvement: some examples of peer review in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 239-242; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.239 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. TINA DONAHUE and PAUL VANOSTENBERG

Joint Commission International accreditation: relationship to four models of evaluation
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 243-246; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.243 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STUART WHITTAKER, RONALD W. GREEN-THOMPSON, IVAN MCCUSKER, and BUSI NYEMBEZI

Status of a health care quality review programme in South Africa
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 247-250; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.247 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PING HUANG, YI-HSIN ELSA HSU, TAN KAI-YUAN, and YA-SENG HSUEH

Can European external peer review techniques be introduced and adopted into Taiwan's hospital accreditation System?
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 251-254; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAUL M. SCHYVE

The evolution of external quality evaluation: observations from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 255-258; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.255 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ELISABETH M. S. J. VAN GENNIP and PETER A. E. SILLEVIS SMITT Sr

The Netherlands Institute for Accreditation of Hospitals
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 259-262; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ALPHA Update
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 263; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.263 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ISQua Information
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 265; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.265 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstracts:

Spanish Abstracts
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 267-271; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.3.267 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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