International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Editorials:

Josie R. Williams and Bernard M. Rosof

Quest for physician practice improvement
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 101-102; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg029 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Counterpoint:

Zvi Stern

Opening Pandora’s box: residents’ work hours
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 103-105; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg024 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Troyen A. Brennan and Michael J. Zinner

Residents’ work hours: a wake up call?
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 107-108; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg025 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Niek Klazinga and Alex van Bolderen

Epimetheus’ responsibility: resident working hours and system redesign
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 109-110; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg026 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Policy Roundtable:

TIM SCOTT, RUSSELL MANNION, HUW T. O. DAVIES, and MARTIN N. MARSHALL

Implementing culture change in health care: theory and practice
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 111-118; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Papers:

M. J. M. H. LOMBARTS and N. S. KLAZINGA

Supporting Dutch medical specialists with the implementation of visitatie recommendations: a descriptive evaluation of a 2-year project
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 119-129; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JACK V. TU and CATHY CAMERON

Impact of an acute myocardial infarction report card in Ontario, Canada
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 131-137; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SYDNEY MORSS DY, DAVID M. CROMWELL, PAUL J. THULUVATH, and ERIC B. BASS

Hospital experience and outcomes for esophageal variceal bleeding
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 139-146; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TORHILD HEGGESTAD and SOLFRID E. LILLEENG

Measuring readmissions: focus on the time factor
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 147-154; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IAN A. SCOTT, KATE HEATH, CATHERINE HARPER, and ALEESA CLOUGH

An Australian comparison of specialist care of acute myocardial infarction
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 155-161; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN SWEENEY, ANNE MARIE BROOKS, and AUSTIN LEAHY

Development of the Irish National Patient Perception of Quality of Care Survey
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 163-168; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology Matters:

SÖREN MATTKE, KAREN REILLY, ENRIQUE MARTINEZ-VIDAL, BARBARA MCLEAN, and DAVID GIFFORD

Reporting quality of nursing home care to consumers: the Maryland experience
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 169-177; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Every Defect is a Treasure:

Atypical presentation of myocardial infarction in the outpatient setting, a lapse in clinical knowledge and inadequate data transfer constitute a potentially fatal error
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 179; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg027 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ISQua Page:

ISQua Page
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 181; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg017 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spanish Abstracts:

Abstracts en este número
Int J Qual Health Care 2003 15: 183-186; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzg028 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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