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Terry Young and Sally McClean
Some challenges facing Lean Thinking in healthcare
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 309-310; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

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Michael Soljak, John Browne, James Lewsey, and Nick Black
Is there an association between deprivation and pre-operative disease severity? A cross-sectional study of patient-reported health status
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 18, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 311-315; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven D. Williams and Darren M. Ashcroft
Medication errors: how reliable are the severity ratings reported to the national reporting and learning system?
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 13, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 316-320; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Véronique Merle, Leila Moret, Laurent Pidhorz, Franck Dujardin, François Gouin, Valérie Josset, Sarah Graveleau, Jean Petit, Françoise Riou, Pierre Lombrail, and Pierre Czernichow
Does comparison of performance lead to better care? A pilot observational study in patients admitted for hip fracture in three French public hospitals
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 321-329; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michel Dückers, Peter Makai, Leti Vos, Peter Groenewegen, and Cordula Wagner
Longitudinal analysis on the development of hospital quality management systems in the Netherlands
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 18, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 330-340; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Joosten, Inge Bongers, and Richard Janssen
Application of lean thinking to health care: issues and observations
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 19, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 341-347; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Said Bodur and Emel Filiz
A survey on patient safety culture in primary healthcare services in Turkey
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 22, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 348-355; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Oluma Yoseph Bushen, and Ayalew Tegegn Muluneh
Evaluation of HIV/AIDS clinical care quality: the case of a referral hospital in North West Ethiopia
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 14, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 356-362; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Frank Peters-Klimm, Rebecca Olbort, Stephen Campbell, Cornelia Mahler, Antje Miksch, Annika Baldauf, and Joachim Szecsenyi
Physicians' view of primary care-based case management for patients with heart failure: a qualitative study
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 14, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 363-371; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Haruhisa Fukuda, Yuichi Imanaka, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Kazuhide Okuma, and Takako Shirai
Change in clinical practice after publication of guidelines on breast cancer treatment
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on August 22, 2009
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 372-378; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: t1-t5; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp040 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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