Reporting and use of the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators at national and regional level in 15 countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 398-404

  Rotar, Alexandru M ^a   van den Berg, Michael J ^a,b   Kringos, Dionne S ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health policy; Healthcare quality indicators; OECD; Performance indicators; Quality of health care; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY INDICATOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISRAEL; LATVIA; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SLOVAKIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84991383764     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw027     Document Type: Article

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