... and safety Effectiveness Clinical effectiveness Table I Patient characteristics by overnight caregiver presence. data are presented as median (IQR) or frequency (%) No overnight caregiver (n=1,882; 43%) Overnight caregiver (n=2,462; 57%) p-value* Age...

...Mohammadkarim Bahadori; Ehsan Teymourzadeh; Ramin Ravangard; Mohammad Saadati Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine accreditation effects on Iranian military hospital health service quality through nurses’ viewpoints. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a cross-sectional...

...Roohollah Askari; Milad Shafii; Sima Rafiei; Mohammad Sadegh Abolhassani; Elaheh Salarikhah Purpose Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a practical tool to evaluate risks, discover failures in a proactive manner and propose corrective actions to reduce or eliminate potential risks...

... that to achieve improved health outcomes, key short-term objectives should include improved service delivery and reduced financial barriers. Preker et al. (2002) suggest five key policies to improve community financing effectiveness and sustainability including technical support to strengthen local...

...Carol Lesley Davies; Paul Walley Clinicians have the important quality assurance task of implementing changes to treatments offered, on the basis of clinical effectiveness. Problems seem to arise when evidence emerges, casting doubt on the effectiveness of existing treatments, that require services...

...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...

... and effective communication with patients can improve the effectiveness of care and the efficiency with which it is delivered. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Communications Effectiveness Health care Improvement Information management Literature National Health Service In their report What...

... such as dietitian, educator, psychologist and health visitor. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Audit Children Control Diseases Effectiveness Health care Hospitals Kuwait Figure 1. Frequency of HbA1 for all patients Note: Standard deviation = 2.47 Mean = 11 N = 406.00...