International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 6 Issue 3
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Marketing: Can There Ever Be a Real Exchange of Values in the Health Service?
Anthony R. BennettOffers many new ideas in the field of marketing, and argues that marketing is a complex, strategic thought process, based on an exchange of customer‐related values. A new model of…
Purchasing Quality: The South Lincolnshire Approach
Mike BurchDescribes the authority′s strategy, recording system, visiting programme, and guide to monitoring. Describes four developments in detail which South Lincolnshire′s review of its…
MAAGs: The Eli Lilly National Clinical Audit Centre
Richard Baker, Robin FraserOutlines the framework for promoting audit in general practice, created as one part of the health service reforms. Medical Audit Advisory Groups (MAAGs) were set up in each…
Quality of Care in Private Nursing Homes: Improving Inspection
Yumiko AraiDescribes how the 1984 Registered Homes Act has been implemented at the DHA and operational levels, concentrating on the monitoring of care in private nursing homes. It can be…
The EC′s Need for a Common Currency in Health Care Quality Assurance
Janice L. Dreachslin, Marjorie ZernottArgues that the economic integration of the EC′s 12 member nations into a single community and the elimination of barriers to free trade will not result in a single health‐care…
Analysis of Data as Information: Quality Assurance Approach
Davor Ivankovic, Josipa Kern, Ante Bartolic, Silvije VuleticDescribes a prototype module for data analysis of the healthcare delivery system. It consists of three main parts: data/variable selection; algorithms for the analysis of…
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0952-6862e-ISSN:
1758-6542ISSN-L:
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar