Search for dissertations about: "hospital quality indicators"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words hospital quality indicators.

  2. 6. Drug utilization 90% : using aggregate drug statistics for the quality assessment of prescribing

    Author : Björn Wettermark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Drug sales statistics; drug utilization; feedback general practitioners; guidelines; indicators; intervention; prescribing; quality indicators;

    Abstract : Introduction: There is room for improvement in prescribing. Although a range of indicators have been developed to assess the quality of prescribing, none of them focus on all drugs and there is a gap between what is credible for health care professionals and what can be achieved with the readily available data. READ MORE

  4. 7. The medical perspective in prescribing: measurements and educational strategies

    Author : Johan Lönnbro; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; prescribing quality; adverse drug reactions; clinical relevance; inter-rater reliability; education;

    Abstract : Background and aims: Drug treatment is a keystone in modern healthcare and for safe prescribing of drugs, an overall medical perspective has to be applied, taking patient characteristics into account. For each medication, and all medications combined, expected benefits must be weighed against the risks of harms; adverse drug reactions, sometimes leading to hospitalization, is a matter of concern. READ MORE

  5. 8. Clinical quality and performance measurement in the prehospital emergency medical services in the low-to-middle-income setting : developing clinical quality and performance indicators as a measure of care in South Africa

    Author : Ian Howard; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : BACKGROUND: Measuring quality and safety in any healthcare setting however is highly contextual, and depends on the manner in which quality is defined or viewed within that setting. It is this contextual nature that has provoked significant debate and hindered efforts at developing formal standards or criteria for measuring quality and safety in healthcare, regardless of setting. READ MORE

  6. 9. Oesophageal cancer surgery : predictors of health-related quality of life and survival

    Author : Maryam Derogar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Oesophageal cancer is a devastating disease with a bleak prognosis. Only 25% of patients are eligible for surgery which is afflicted with 15% postoperative complications an overall 5-year survival of 30-50%. READ MORE

  7. 10. Science and practice of balanced scorecard in a hospital in Pakistan : feasibility, context, design and implementation

    Author : Fauziah Rabbani; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Balanced Scorecard; low-income countries; hospital; systematic review; organizational culture; leadership; modified Delphi; indicators; context; Pettigrew s framework; case study; implementation; barriers; strategic processes.;

    Abstract : Background: Millennium Goals emphasize good governance and health systems research. In Pakistan, hospitals provide the major bulk of both basic and advanced care. READ MORE