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International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access

International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access articles are papers that have been copyedited and typeset but not yet paginated for inclusion in an issue of the journal. More information, including how to cite Advance Access papers, can be found on the Advance Access page.

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2 July 2009

Quality in Practice
Rex Wong and Elizabeth H. Bradley
Developing patient registration and medical records management system in Ethiopia
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on July 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp026
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25 June 2009

Research Article
Michael Soop, Ulla Fryksmark, Max Köster, and Bengt Haglund
The incidence of adverse events in Swedish hospitals: a retrospective medical record review study
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp025
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23 June 2009

Research Article
Walter Mendes, Mônica Martins, Suely Rozenfeld, and Claudia Travassos
The assessment of adverse events in hospitals in Brazil
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp022
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Research Article
Stéphanie Antoniotti, Karine Baumstarck-Barrau, Marie-Claude Siméoni, Christophe Sapin, José Labarère, Laurent Gerbaud, Laurent Boyer, Cyril Colin, Patrice François, and Pascal Auquier
Validation of a French hospitalized patients' satisfaction questionnaire: the QSH-45
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp021
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19 June 2009

Research Article
Marleen Smits, Jasper Janssen, Riekie de Vet, Laura Zwaan, Danielle Timmermans, Peter Groenewegen, and Cordula Wagner
Analysis of unintended events in hospitals: inter-rater reliability of constructing causal trees and classifying root causes
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on June 19, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp023
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Research Article
Oliver Groene, Elimer Brandt, Werner Schmidt, and Johannes Moeller
The Balanced Scorecard of acute settings: development process, definition of 20 strategic objectives and implementation
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on June 19, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp024
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24 April 2009

Research Article
Giovanni Filardo, David Nicewander, Jeph Herrin, Janine Edwards, Percy Galimbertti, Mari Tietze, Susan Mcbride, Julie Gunderson, Ashley Collinsworth, Ziad Haydar, Josie Williams, and David J. Ballard
A hospital-randomized controlled trial of a formal quality improvement educational program in rural and small community Texas hospitals: one year results
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on April 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp019
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Methodology Article
Saskia E. Drösler, Niek S. Klazinga, Patrick S. Romano, Daniel J. Tancredi, Maria A. Gogorcena Aoiz, Moira C. Hewitt, Sarah Scobie, Michael Soop, Eugene Wen, Hude Quan, William A. Ghali, Soeren Mattke, and Edward Kelley
Application of patient safety indicators internationally: a pilot study among seven countries
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on April 24, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp018
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22 April 2009

Research Article
Karin Lemmens, Mathilde Strating, Robbert Huijsman, and Anna Nieboer
Professional commitment to changing chronic illness care: results from disease management programmes
International Journal for Quality in Health Care Advance Access published on April 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzp017
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