The Quest for Quality in the Nhs: A Chartbook on Quality of Care in the UK

ISBN-13: 9781857757903 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 232 str.

Sheila Leatherman; Kim Sutherland

Opis

Quality is an issue of central importance in the NHS and yet, despite a considerable number of initiatives, programmes and organisations that have focussed on improving quality in the NHS over recent years, there is no comprehensive, reliable balanced and rigorous account of the strengths and weaknesses in healthcare delivery. This book provides an unique, authoritative and accessible account of the state of quality in the NHS. Unless information on quality is properly gathered, organised, analysed and used, the health service will continue to lack a foundation on which sustained and systemic improvement can be based. The Quest for Quality in the NIIS: a chartbook on quality of care in the UK is a comprehensive, rigorous and robust account of healthcare quality and will inform managers, clinicians, researchers, policymakers and the public about gaps between what is possible, and what is delivered by the healthcare system.

Spis treści

Introduction. Guide to the charts. Effectiveness. Access. Capacity. Safety. Patient-centredness. Disparities. Summary of charts. Technical appendix. Search strategy. Statistical glossary. Acronyms.

O autorze

Sheila Leatherman, Kim Sutherland