... and Weale's draft framework, Korean healthcare priority setting was analysed. The process values used were transparency, accountability, and participation, and the content values used were clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness, justice/equity, solidarity and autonomy. Findings In the Korean health...

... a wide range of services; and integrating health and social care locally (DOH, 2002b). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Effectiveness Primary care National Health Service Organizations Development United Kingdom Improving organisational effectiveness (performance) is central to the UK...

...Simon Azariah To improve effectiveness and efficiency of urban health services there is a need clearly to identify policies and the functions of various stakeholders and individuals in the system. System development, which involves, analysis of situations and the developing of solutions to address...

... of community care and the need to take a variety of factors into account if commissioning is to be effective. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Community nursing Effectiveness Health care Purchasing Health services should be commissioned in a way that is directly relevant to the care...

... and it was thought that a locally available specialized facility providing both detailed information and an immunizing service would lead to a more effective primary immunization programme with higher levels of protection for children. Stockport, which is situated to the south of Manchester, has a population...

...Stephen Willcocks Reviews the role of the clinical director in the NHS, based on data collected in a qualitative research study. Utilizes role theory to invite insight into a relatively new but important managerial role. Suggests that effectiveness in the role may be measured by the extent to which...

... compared with a proxy for effectiveness (the ability of practices to reach target levels set in the new GP contract). Practices which were below target levels before the new contract was introduced were far less likely to be able to reach these targets once the contract was in place if they had been...

... the process undertaken in the transformation of services, highlights the impact of such changes on the midwives and midwifery practice and discusses developments for future consideration. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Effectiveness Maternity Services Personal Needs Teamwork Journal of Management...

...S.L. Ibbotson; A.F. Long; T.A. Sheldon; J. Mason Reports a postal survey of 175 senior district health authority managers to determine the extent to which the Effective Health Care (EHC) bulletin No. 1 has effectively disseminated the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness...

...Felix Vartanian Discusses the importance of continuing medical education (CME) as a key means of improving the effectiveness of health care. Notes that CME must be integral to the health system and be centrally placed within that system if it is to have the required impact. CME methodology needs...