... compliance with high‐impact, evidence‐based care standards. Intervention costs and cost‐effectiveness were examined and costs to the Niger Health Ministry (MoH) were estimated if they were to scale‐up the intervention to additional sites. Design/methodology/approach Facility‐based maternal care outcomes...

...Husayn Al Mahdy Purpose Guidelines have been produced in nearly all developed countries to provide cost‐effective hospital care. The study's purpose, therefore, was to determine whether a London hospital's anti‐microbial guidelines conform to this principle. Design/methodology/approach...

...C. Davies; G. Grimshaw; M. Kendall; A. Szczepura; C. Griffin; V. Toescu Objective and study design: to assess quality of a quick and early diagnosis route (QED) by determining effectiveness and cost‐ effectiveness of five clinics compared with three conventional outpatient clinics...

... for measuring costs of quality assurance are: 1 how staff time should be valued; and 2 which costs should be included. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Cost‐effectiveness Evaluation Quality assurance Throughout the developed world, substantial investments are now being made in quality...