Towards actionable international comparisons of health system performance: Expert revision of the OECD framework and quality indicators

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-146

  Carinci, F ^a,b   Van Gool, K ^c,d   Mainz, J ^e   Veillard, J ^f   Pichora, E C ^f   Januel, J M ^g   Arispe, I ^h   Kim, S M ⁱ   Klazinga, N S ^c  

^a National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c OECD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

ⁱ Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Health policy; Health systems research; OECD health care quality indicators project; Performance measurement; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; COST; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84929753891     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv004     Document Type: Article

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