Quality of care and development of a critical pathway

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-122

  Walldal, E ^a   Anund, I ^b   Furaker, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical pathway; Quality of care; Stroke care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036516170     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0966-0429.2001.00307.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Anund I. (1999) Case Management with Focus on Nursing Case Manager. Master Thesis, Department of Health Care Pedagogics, Goteborg University, Sweden. (In Swedish.)
2. Arnetz J. & Arnetz B. (1996) The development and application of a patient satisfaction measurement system for hospital-wide quality. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 8 (6), 555-566.
3. Buster S., Jarman B., Bosanquet N., Weston D., Erens R. & Delbanco T.L. (1994) National survey of hospital patients. British Medical Journal 309, 1542-1549.
4. Coffey R.J., Richards J.S., Remmert C.S., LeRoy S.S., Schoville R.R. & Baldwin P.J. (1992) An introduction to clinical paths. Quality Management in Health Care 1 (1), 45.
5. Ehnfors M. & Smedby B. (1993) Patient satisfaction surveys subsequent to hospital care: problems of sampling, non-response and other losses. Quality Assurance in Health Care 5, 19-32.
6. Hamilton I. (2000) Att Leva med Stroke - Lära av Erfarenheter (Living with Stroke - Learning Through Experiences). Doctoral thesis. Studia et Paedagogica Series Altera CXLVI. Lund University, Sweden.
7. Hart E. (1998) Evaluating a pilot community stroke service using insights from medical anthropology. Journal of Advanced Nursing 27, 1177-1183.
8. Hydo B. (1995) Designing an effective clinical pathway for stroke. American Journal of Nursing March, 44-50.
9. Indreadavik B., Slördal S.A., Bakke F., Rokseth R. & Håheim L.L. (1997) Stroke unit treatment. Long-term effects. Stroke 28, 1861-1866.
10. Larrabee J., Engle V.F. & Tolley E.A. (1995) Predictors of patient-perceived quality. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 3, 153-164.
11. Mansfield D.C. (1995) Attitudes and behaviours towards clinical guidelines: the clinicians' perspective. Quality in Health Care 4, 250-255.
12. SBU (1997) Att förebygga sjukdom i hjärta och kärl genom befolkningsinriktade program - en systematisk litteraturöversikt. (Prevention of Heart and Vein Diseases Through a National Intervention - a Literature Review). Report 134. The Swedish Institute for evaluation of medicinal methodologies, Stockholm.
13. SOU (1997) Patienten bar Rätt (Patients have Rights). The Swedish National Social Board, Stockholm.
14. Stevens D., Pearson M.D., Goulart-Fischer D. & Lee H. (1995) Clinical pathways as a strategy for improving care: problems and potential. American College of Physicians 123, 941-944.
15. Stjernlof U. (2000) Designing an Effective Clinical Pathway for Stroke Patients. Poster presentation at European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Amsterdam.
16. Wilde B., Larsson G., Larsson M. & Starrin B. (1994) Quality of care. Development of a patient-centred questionnaire based on a grounded theory model. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 8, 39-48.
17. Wilde B., Starrin B., Larsson G. & Larsson M. (1993) Quality of care from a patient perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 7, 113-120.
18. Zander K. (1988) Nursing case management. Nursing Clinics of America 23 (3), 503-521.