International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Editorials:

Joseph E. Ibrahim and Jennifer W. Majoor

Quality, adverse events and research
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 357-358; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.357 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard A. Smallwood

Learning from adverse events
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 359-362; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.359 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saul N. Weingart

Finding common ground in the measurement of adverse events
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 363-365; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.363 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Bolsin

Routes to quality assurance: risk adjusted outcomes and personal professional monitoring
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 367-369; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.367 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

ERIC J THOMAS, DAVID M STUDDERT, WILLIAM B RUNCIMAN, ROBERT K WEBB, ELIZABETH J SEXTON, ROSS McL WILSON, ROBERT W GIBBERD, BERNADETTE T HARRISON, and TROYEN A BRENNAN

A comparison of iatrogenic injury studies in Australia and the USA I: context, methods, casemix, population, patient and hospital characteristics
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 371-378; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.371 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WILLIAM B RUNCIMAN, ROBERT K WEBB, STEPHEN C HELPS, ERIC J THOMAS, ELIZABETH J SEXTON, DAVID M STUDDERT, and TROYEN A BRENNAN

A comparison of iatrogenic injury studies in Australia and the USA II: reviewer behaviour and quality of care
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 379-388; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.379 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GAVIN MOONEY

Judging goodness must come before judging quality – but what is the good of health care?
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 389-394; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.389 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JUNYA TOKUNAGA, YUICHI IMANAKA, and KOICHI NOBUTOMO

Effects of patient demands on satisfaction with Japanese hospital care
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 395-401; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.395 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JASON CHEAH

Development and implementation of a clinical pathway programme in an acute care general hospital in Singapore
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 403-412; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.403 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LI-CHUAN LEE, KE-PING YANG, and TAI-YING CHEN

A quasi-experimental study on a quality circle program in a Taiwanese hospital
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 413-418; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.413 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHRISTINE A POLLICINO and DEBORAH C SALTMAN

The relationship between physician cost and functional status in the elderly
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 425-431; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.425 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Country Report:

CHANG-YUP KIM and SUNG-HYUN CHO

Institutionalization of quality improvement programs in Korean hospitals
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 419-423; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.419 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology Matters:

STEVE BOLSIN and MARK COLSON

The use of the Cusum Technique in the assessment of trainee competence in new procedures
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 433-438; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.433 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Complication Screening Programme: validity and sources of data
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 439-442; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.439 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spanish Abstracts:

Abstracts en este numero
Int J Qual Health Care 2000 12: 445-448; doi:10.1093/intqhc/12.5.445 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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