Full Description
Quality improvement in health care is now a stated objective of health services worldwide, yet effective delivery is not always apparent. This book discusses research methods that should help to improve the delivery of quality.
Contents
Contributors. 1 Quality Improvement Research: The Science of.
Change in Health Care.
2 Research Methods used in Developing and Applying Quality Indicators in Primary Care.
3 Using Routine Comparative Data to Assess the Quality of Health Care.
4 Qualitative Methods in Research on Healthcare Quality.
5 Research on Patients' Views in the Evaluation and Improvement of Quality of Care.
6 Systematic Reviews of the Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Strategies and Programmes.
7 Research Designs for Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Change and Improvement Strategies.
8 Evaluation of Quality Improvement Programmes.
9 Methods for Evaluation of Small Scale Quality Improvement Projects.
10 Designing a Quality Improvement Intervention: A Systematic Approach.
11 Process Evaluation of Quality Improvement Interventions.
12 Statistical Process Control as a Tool for Research and Healthcare Improvement.
13 Value for Money of Changing Healthcare Services? Economic Evaluation of Quality Improvement.
Index.
