IJQHC -- Table of Contents (1996, 8 [3])

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Contents: Volume 8, Issue 3: 1996   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

       Editorial

       Articles

       "EVERY DEFECT IS A TREASURE"

       Methodology Matters

       Announcements

       President's Report

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Editorial:

LISA I. IEZZONI: On Opening "Black Boxes" and Looking Inside
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 209-210; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

LETICIA KRAUSS SILVA: Perinatal Information System: a Methodological Proposal
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 279-289; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.279 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. GIRAUD, V. FOURNIER, C. YEU, H. LOGEROT, D. MANAC'H, and D. JOLLY: Effectiveness and Prognostic Factors of Success in 12 Smoking Cessation Clinics in the Hospitals of Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris¹
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 291-296; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.291 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles:

M. B. ROBINSON, E. THOMPSON, and N. A. BLACK: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Guidelines, Audit and Feedback: Improving the use of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 211-222; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MOHAMMAD Z. ANSARI, BRIAN T. COLLOPY, and IAN G. McDONALD: Establishing Thresholds for Adverse Patient Outcomes
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 223-230; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.223 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SARAH HUDSON SCHOLLE, JERALYN BERNIER, BARBARA STARFIELD, NEIL R. POWE, and JONATHAN P. WEINER: Quality Assessment: is the Focus on Providers or on Patients?
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 231-241; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.231 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MICHAEL MONTALTO MB BS FRACGP: Patients' and Carers' Satisfaction with Hospital-in-the-Home Care
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 243-251; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.243 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P. MEREDITH and C. WOOD: Aspects of Patient Satisfaction with Communication in Surgical Care: Confirming Qualitative Feedback Through Quantitative Methods
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 253-264; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.253 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ERIK NORDBERG and SVEN HOLMBERG: Patient Attitudes to Major Surgery in Rural Kenya
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 265-269; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.265 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

"EVERY DEFECT IS A TREASURE":

: Quality problems that result in adverse outcomes provide opportunities for quality improvement
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 297-298; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.297 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Methodology Matters:

ANN G. LAWTHERS: III Validity Review of Performance Measures
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 299-306; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.299 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Announcements:

: ANNOUNCEMENT
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 307; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.307 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: CENTER FOR CLINICAL QUALITY EVALUATION (CCQE)
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 308; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.308 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: NEWS FROM TURKEY
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 309; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.309 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: NEWS FROM YUGOSLAVIA
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 310-311; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.310 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

President's Report:

Charles Shaw President: PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Int J Qual Health Care 1996 8: 313-316; doi:10.1093/intqhc/8.3.313 [PDF] [Request Permissions]