Burnett, S;
Renz, A;
Wiig, S;
Fernandes, A;
Weggelaar, AM;
Calltorp, J;
Anderson, JE;
... Fulop, N; + view all
(2013)
Prospects for comparing European hospitals in terms of quality and safety: lessons from a comparative study in five countries.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care
, 25
(1)
1 -7.
10.1093/intqhc/mzs079.
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Abstract
Being able to compare hospitals in terms of quality and safety between countries is important for a number of reasons. For example, the 2011 European Union directive on patients' rights to cross-border health care places a requirement on all member states to provide patients with comparable information on health-care quality, so that they can make an informed choice. Here, we report on the feasibility of using common process and outcome indicators to compare hospitals for quality and safety in five countries (England, Portugal, The Netherlands, Sweden and Norway).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prospects for comparing European hospitals in terms of quality and safety: lessons from a comparative study in five countries |
| Location: | England |
| Identifier: | PMCID: PMC3557961 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/intqhc/mzs079 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzs079 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | CC-BY-NC. This licence permits users to use, reproduce, disseminate or display the article provided that the author is attributed as the original creator and that the reuse is restricted to non-commercial purposes i.e. research or educational use. |
| Keywords: | Access to Information, Accreditation, Europe, Feasibility Studies, Hospitals, Public, Patient Safety, Quality Indicators, Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Safety Management |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1380493 |
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