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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance


Volume 21 Issue 5

Published: 2008 | Start Page: 418

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1734929 Stakeholder approach for evaluating organizational change projects
Antti Peltokorpi, Antti Alho, Jaakko Kujala, Johanna Aitamurto, Petri Parvinen (pp. 418-434)
Keywords: Finland, Operating theatres, Organizational change, Project management, Stakeholder analysis
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1734930 Health care accreditation surveyor styles typology
David Greenfield, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Marjorie Pawsey (pp. 435-443)
Keywords: Assessment, Australia, Health services, Reliability management
ArticleType: Research paper
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1734931 Eliminating US hospital medical errors
Sameer Kumar, Marc Steinebach (pp. 444-471)
Keywords: Cause and effect analysis, Medical care, Poka-yoke, Six sigma, United States of America
ArticleType: Technical paper
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1734932 Care programmes and integrated care pathways
Tom C.M. Joosten, Inge M.B. Bongers, Ir Bert R. Meijboom (pp. 472-486)
Keywords: Health services, Quality improvement, The Netherlands
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1734933 Dismissing the disgruntled: Swedish patient complaints management
Alexandra Kent (pp. 487-494)
Keywords: Complaints, Patients, Social anthropology, Sweden, Trust
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1734934 LQAS usefulness in an emergency department
Susana Granado de la Orden, Cristina Rodríguez-Rieiro, Amaya Sánchez-Gómez, Ana Chacón García, Tomás Hernández-Fernández, Ángel Abad Revilla, Dolores Vigil Escribano, Paz Rodríguez Pérez (pp. 495-502)
Keywords: Accident and emergency, Quality indicators, Sampling methods, Spain
ArticleType: Research paper
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1734935 The role of expectations in patients' hospital assessments: A Turkish university hospital example
Coskun Bakar, H. Seval Akgün, A.F. Al Assaf (pp. 503-516)
Keywords: Customer satisfaction, Hospitals, Patients, Perception, SERVQUAL, Turkey
ArticleType: Research paper
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1734936 Developing a Japanese hospital physician satisfaction scale
Makiko Ozaki, Seiji Bito, Shinji Matsumura (pp. 517-528)
Keywords: Hospitals, Japan, Job satisfaction, Psychometric tests
ArticleType: Research paper
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Editorial

Making complex QA issues easier
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1734937 Making complex QA issues easier
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Author(s): Keith Hurst
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News and views

World Health Organization
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1734938 World Health Organization
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Canada: Health Canada and National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) launch innovative Aboriginal youth suicide prevention website
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1734939 Canada: Health Canada and National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) launch innovative Aboriginal youth suicide prevention website
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Cuba: Cuban Medical Collaboration Program
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1734940 Cuba: Cuban Medical Collaboration Program
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USA: Modest health care quality gains outpaced by spending
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1734941 USA: Modest health care quality gains outpaced by spending
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New Zealand: Chinese nurses could help shortage
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1734942 New Zealand: Chinese nurses could help shortage
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India: Not quite on the DOT
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1734943 India: Not quite on the DOT
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Czech Republic: Nurse shortage to hit health care quality
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1734944 Czech Republic: Nurse shortage to hit health care quality
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UK: Provider incentives report published
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1734945 UK: Provider incentives report published
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Jordan: Government to rectify public hospital situation
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1734946 Jordan: Government to rectify public hospital situation
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Africa: must make health spending a priority
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1734947 Africa: must make health spending a priority
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Recent publications

Language and Clinical Communication
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1734948 Language and Clinical Communication
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From General Practice to Primary Care: The Industrialization of Family Medicine
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1734949 From General Practice to Primary Care: The Industrialization of Family Medicine
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Organizing for Quality – The Improvement Journeys of Leading Hospitals in Europe and the United States
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1734950 Organizing for Quality – The Improvement Journeys of Leading Hospitals in Europe and the United States
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Sacrificing the WHO to the Highest Bidder
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1734951 Sacrificing the WHO to the Highest Bidder
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