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Quality improvement in health care is now a stated objective of health services worldwide, yet effective delivery is not always apparent. This book discusses research methods that should help to improve the delivery of quality.
| ISBN | 0727916408 | | Pages | 228 | | ISBN13 | 9780727916402
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | | Weight (grammes) | 298 | | Imprint | BMJ Books | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 215 | | Publication date | 11 Nov 2003 | | Width (mm) | 134 | | Library of Congress | RA440.85 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY | 362.1072 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Contributors | | | | 1 | | Quality improvement research: the science of change in health care by Richard Grol and Richard Baker and Fiona Moss | | 1 | | 2 | | Research methods used in developing and applying quality indicators in primary care by Stephen Campbell and Joze Braspenning and Allen Hutchinson and Martin Marshall | | 6 | | 3 | | Using routine comparative data to assess the quality of health care: understanding and avoiding common pitfalls by Alison Powell and Huw Davies and Richard Thomson | | 29 | | 4 | | Qualitative methods in research on healthcare quality by Catherine Pope and Paul van Royen and Richard Baker | | 51 | | 5 | | Research on patients' views in the evaluation and improvement of quality of care by Michel Wensing and Glyn Elwyn | | 64 | | 6 | | Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes by Jeremy Grimshaw and Laura M. McAuley and Lisa A. Bero and Roberto Grilli and Andrew D. Oxman and Craig Ramsay and Luke Vale and Merrick Zwarenstein | | 79 | | 7 | | Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies by Martin Eccles and Jeremy Grimshaw and Marion Campbell and Craig Ramsay | | 97 | | 8 | | Evaluation of quality improvement programmes by John Ovretveit and David Gustafson | | 115 | | 9 | | Methods for evaluation of small scale quality improvement projects by Gill Harvey and Michel Wensing | | 133 | | 10 | | Designing a quality improvement intervention: a systematic approach by Marloes van Bokhoven and Gerjo Kok and Trudy van der Weijden | | 147 | | 11 | | Process evaluation of quality improvement interventions by Marlies Hulscher and Miranda Laurant and Richard Grol | | 165 | | 12 | | Statistical process control as a tool for research and healthcare improvement by James C. Benneyan and Robert C. Lloyd and Paul E. Plsek | | 184 | | 13 | | Value for money of changing healthcare services? Economic evaluation of quality improvement by Johan L. Severens | | 203 | | | | Index | | 219 |
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