Beyond the initial indicators: Lessons from the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project and the US National Healthcare Quality Report

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Kelley, Edward T ^a,b   Arispe, Irma ^c   Holmes, Julia ^c  

^a OECD   (France)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicators; Performance reporting; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 33748766329     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl027     Document Type: Article

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