How to develop a business case for qualityKristin L Reiter
Department of Health Policy and Administration, 1104H McGavran Greenberg Hall, CB 7411, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 19:50-5. 2007
..To describe the steps in developing a business case for quality-enhancing interventions (QEIs) in health care...
Optimizing quality collaborativesSheila Leatherman
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 11:307. 2002
Effectiveness of decision aids: a review of the evidenceSheila Leatherman
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Med Care Res Rev 65:79S-116S. 2008
..Few studies provide assessment of impact on health outcomes, quality of care, utilization, or costs, all areas likely to be of growing interest to private purchasers, insurers, and public programs...
Designing national quality reforms: a framework for actionSheila Leatherman
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, NC, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 19:334-40. 2007
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Integrating microfinance and health strategies: examining the evidence to inform policy and practiceSheila Leatherman
Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Health Policy Plan 27:85-101. 2012
..The microfinance sector offers an underutilized opportunity for delivery of health-related services to many hard-to-reach populations...
The role of quality improvement in strengthening health systems in developing countriesSheila Leatherman
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 22:237-43. 2010
..Demonstrable improvements in quality may encourage greater investment in health systems in developing countries by increasing donor, population and governmental confidence that resources are being used well...
Searching for a business case for quality in Medicaid managed careSandra B Greene
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Health Care Manage Rev 33:350-60. 2008
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The business case for quality: case studies and an analysisSheila Leatherman
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:17-30. 2003
..Finally, we recommend policy changes to better align financial incentives for superior quality of care...
The insufficiency of evidence to establish the business case for qualityKerry E Kilpatrick
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7411, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 17:347-55. 2005
..To determine whether a positive financial return on investment for quality-enhancing interventions is more likely for particular health conditions, in specific organizational settings, or with the use of particular interventions...
OECD Health Care Quality Indicator Project. The expert panel on primary care prevention and health promotionMartin Marshall
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Int J Qual Health Care 18:21-5. 2006
..A conceptual framework needs to be developed that comprehensively captures the complex construct of primary care as a basis for the selection of additional indicators...
The OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project: history and backgroundSoeren Mattke
OECD, Health Policy Unit, Paris, France
Int J Qual Health Care 18:1-4. 2006
..However, much additional work remains necessary before the project can supply policymakers and researchers with ongoing, comprehensive, and reliable data on the quality of care in industrialized countries...
Steadying the NHSDonald M Berwick
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 20 University Road, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
BMJ 333:254-5. 2006
The quest for quality in the English NHS: strategic and policy issuesSheila Leatherman
J Health Serv Res Policy 9:194-6. 2004
Quality improvement in the developing worldHelen L Smits
Int J Qual Health Care 14:439-40. 2002
Improving quality in British primary care: seeking the right balanceRichard Grol
Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Br J Gen Pract 52:S3-4. 2002