| Tittel: | International benchmarking of healthcare quality : a review of the literature |
| Signatur: | Elektronisk dokument |
| Ansvar: | By Ellen Nolte |
| Materialtype: | Elektronisk dokument |
| Utgitt: | London : RAND and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2010 |
| Omfang: | 64 s. |
| Serie: | Technical reports  |
| Emneord: | Benchmarking / Danmark / Dødelighet / Europa / Geografiske variasjoner / Kreft / Kunnskapsoppsummering / Kvalitetsindikatorer / Kvalitetskontroll / Metoder / Norden / Norge / Statistikk / Sverige / Tilsynsmetoder |
| Innhold: | This report reviews recent developments in the field of international benchmarking of
healthcare quality to inform the use of international comparisons for quality improvement
in the NHS.
Recognising that cross-national data comparison remains a challenge, there is now a considerable body of data that allow for comparisons of healthcare quality in selected areas of care. The report includes a description of existing indicators that could be used to compare healthcare quality in different countries, along with a discussion of specific problems in making comparisons at this level of detail. This is illustrated with case studies of two measures widely used for international comparisons: avoidable mortality and cancer survival. These show both the potential power of cross-national comparisons and some of the difficulties in drawing valid interpretations from the data.
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| Eier: | HELSTILS |