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Depicting the interplay between organisational tiers in the use of a national quality registry to develop quality of care in Sweden
Conclusions: If NQRs are to provide for quality improvement and learning opportunities, advances must be made in the links between the structures and processes across all organisational tiers, including decision-makers, administrators and health professionals engaged in a particular healthcare process.
Source: BMC Health Services Research - November 25, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Ann EldhMio FredrikssonSofie VengbergChristina HalfordLars WallinTobias DahlströmUlrika Winblad Source Type: research

Variations and inter-relationship in outcome from emergency admissions in England: a retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics from 2005-2010
This study quantifies the scale of variation in three outcomes for a contemporary cohort of patients undergoing emergency medical and surgical admissions. The way in which the outcomes of different diagnoses relate to each other is investigated. Methods: A retrospective study using the English Hospital Episode Statistics 2005-2010 with one-year follow-up for all patients with one of 20 of the commonest and highest-risk emergency medical or surgical conditions. The primary outcome was in-hospital all-cause risk-standardised mortality rate (in-RSMR). Secondary outcomes were 1-year all-cause risk-standardised mortality rate (...
Source: BMC Health Services Research - June 19, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Peter HoltSidhartha SinhaBaris OzdemirAlan KarthikesalingamJan PolonieckiMatt Thompson Source Type: research