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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance


Volume 21 Issue 6

Published: 2008 | Start Page: 535

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1746776 Under the knife: a national survey of six sigma programs in US healthcare organizations
Qianmei (May) Feng, Chris M. Manuel (pp. 535-547)
Keywords: Customer services quality, Health services, Performance levels, Six sigma, United States of America
ArticleType: Research paper
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1746777 Addressing the paradoxes of satisfaction with hospital care
Vicky Papanikolaou, Spyridoula Ntani (pp. 548-561)
Keywords: Consumerism, Greece, Hospitals, Patient care
ArticleType: Research paper
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1746778 Customer focus level following implementation of quality improvement model in Tehran social security hospitals
F. Mehrabi, A. Nasiripour, B. Delgoshaei (pp. 562-568)
Keywords: Customer orientation, Hospitals, Iran, Quality improvement, Total quality management
ArticleType: Research paper
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1746779 NHS Lanarkshire's leadership development programme's impact on clinical practice
Angela M. Sutherland, Frances Dodd (pp. 569-584)
Keywords: Leadership development, National Health Service, Scotland
ArticleType: Case study
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1746780 A user evaluation of a local air ambulance service in North Wales
Gwilym SiƓn ap Gruffudd (pp. 585-597)
Keywords: Ambulance services, Customer satisfaction, Helicopters, Wales
ArticleType: Research paper
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1746781 Personal and organizational determinants of well-being at work: The case of Swedish physicians
M. Diez-Pinol, S.L. Dolan, V. Sierra, Kathleen Cannings (pp. 598-610)
Keywords: Doctors, Hospitals, Medical personnel, Stress, Sweden
ArticleType: Research paper
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1746782 Primary health care service delivery in South Africa
Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, George Petros, Karl Peltzer, Shandir Ramlagan, Nkululeko Nkomo, Gorden Mohlala, Margaret Mbelle, John Seager (pp. 611-624)
Keywords: Health services, Non-profit organizations, Primary care, South Africa
ArticleType: Research paper
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Editorial

Editorial
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1746783 Editorial
Journal: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
Vol : 21 Issue: 6
Author(s): Kay Downey-Ennis
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News and views

World Health Assembly sets bold new action for WHO
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1746784 World Health Assembly sets bold new action for WHO
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Author(s): J. Lamb-White
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Latin American countries launch programs to improve health care for sexual minorities
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1746785 Latin American countries launch programs to improve health care for sexual minorities
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USA - New efforts to help improve medical products for patient safety and quality of medical care
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1746786 USA - New efforts to help improve medical products for patient safety and quality of medical care
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India - Indian hospitals - a destination for quality medical care
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1746787 India - Indian hospitals - a destination for quality medical care
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New Zealand to implement new healthcare standards in partnership with ACHS
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1746788 New Zealand to implement new healthcare standards in partnership with ACHS
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Taiwan - Creating new values in healthcare: health promoting hospitals
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1746789 Taiwan - Creating new values in healthcare: health promoting hospitals
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Finland - Finnish national plan for implementing on-line health care
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1746790 Finland - Finnish national plan for implementing on-line health care
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UK
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1746791 UK
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Qatar - 67,000 babies screened for hearing problems
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1746792 Qatar - 67,000 babies screened for hearing problems
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Angola: deaths by malaria reduce countrywide
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1746793 Angola: deaths by malaria reduce countrywide
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Nigeria - Rural medical care gets boost as UCH commences telemedicine
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1746794 Nigeria - Rural medical care gets boost as UCH commences telemedicine
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Recent publications

International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare
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1746795 International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare
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How Sadness Survived - The Evolutionary Basis of Depression
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1746796 How Sadness Survived - The Evolutionary Basis of Depression
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Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability - Policy Lessons for Low and Middle-income Countries
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1746797 Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability - Policy Lessons for Low and Middle-income Countries
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