International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Editorials:

Jan Mainz

Quality indicators: essential for quality improvement
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i1-i2; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh036 [PDF]  

Lee Tregloan

ISQua’s 5th International Summit on Indicators: Paris, November 2002
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i3; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh047 [PDF]  

Papers:

Jerod M. Loeb

The current state of performance measurement in health care
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i5-i9; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh007 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Annabel Hickey, Ian Scott, Charles Denaro, Neil Stewart, Cameron Bennett, and Therese Theile

Using clinical indicators in a quality improvement programme targeting cardiac care
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i11-i25; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh032 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary data  

James M. Naessens and Todd R. Huschka

Distinguishing hospital complications of care from pre-existing conditions
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i27-i35; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh012 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Robert Gibberd, Stephen Hancock, Peter Howley, and Kay Richards

Using indicators to quantify the potential to improve the quality of health care
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i37-i43; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh019 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jan Mainz, Birgitte Randrup Krog, Bodil Bjørnshave, and Paul Bartels

Nationwide continuous quality improvement using clinical indicators: the Danish National Indicator Project
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i45-i50; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh031 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard Thomson, Sally Taber, Joanne Lally, and Vahé Kazandjian

UK Quality Indicator Project^® (UK QIP) and the UK independent health care sector: a new development
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i51-i56; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh011 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Martin N. Marshall, Patrick S. Romano, and Huw T. O. Davies

How do we maximize the impact of the public reporting of quality of care?
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i57-i63; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh013 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. H. A. ten Asbroek, O. A. Arah, J. Geelhoed, T. Custers, D. M. Delnoij, and N. S. Klazinga

Developing a national performance indicator framework for the Dutch health system
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i65-i71; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh020 [Abstract] [PDF]  

ISQua Page:

ISQua Page
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i73-i75; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh022 [PDF]  

Spanish Abstracts:

Abstracts en este número
Int J Qual Health Care 2004 16: i75-i78; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzh046 [PDF]  

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