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Quality of care in the context of universal health coverage: a sco** review
IntroductionUniversal health coverage (UHC) is an emerging priority of health systems worldwide and central to Sustainable Development Goal 3 (target...
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Design and psychometric properties of the acute care quality in trauma emergency units scale
BackgroundSystematic trauma care scale could be designed and used by nurses to completely and adequately fulfill a complex care to improve trauma...
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Safer Care for Older Persons in (residential) Environments (SCOPE): a pragmatic controlled trial of a care aide-led quality improvement intervention
BackgroundThe increased complexity of residents and increased needs for care in long-term care (LTC) have not been met with increased staffing. There...
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Improving Care for People Aging with HIV: A Collaborative Quality Improvement Approach
Nearly 60% of people with HIV in New York State are over 50 years of age. After town halls and a statewide survey of long-term survivors, older...
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Quality of work life for health professions in Colombia’s adult critical care: An integrative analysis
BackgroundHealth professionals in Colombian and many parts of the world, in some cases, work in precarious conditions and intend to migrate to other...
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Community perspectives and experiences of quality maternal and newborn care in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
BackgroundQuality maternal and newborn care is essential for improving the health of mothers and babies. Low- and middle-income countries, such as...
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Does hospital competition improve the quality of outpatient care? - empirical evidence from a quasi-experiment in a Chinese city
BackgroundAlthough countries worldwide have launched a series of pro-competition reforms, the literature on the impacts of hospital competition has...
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Experiences with the quality of telemedical care in an offshore setting – a qualitative study
BackgroundThe evaluation and the improvement of the quality of telemedical care become increasingly important in times where this type of care is...
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Effectiveness of a supportive care program via a smartphone application on the quality of life and care burden among family caregivers of patients with major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundThe majority of patients with major depressive disorder require care that has generally affected caregivers’ lives. Providing care could...
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Quality of palliative and end-of-life care: a qualitative study of experts’ recommendations to improve indicators in Quebec (Canada)
BackgroundIn 2021, the National Institute of Public Health (INSPQ) (Quebec, Canada), published an update of the palliative and end-of-life care...
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Construction of nursing-sensitive quality indicators for the care of patients with prone position ventilation using the Delphi method
BackgroundProne position ventilation (PPV) has gradually become an adjuvant treatment to improve oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory...
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Choosing a maternity hospital: a matter of travel distance or quality of care?
BackgroundThe choice of a hospital should be based on individual need and accessibility. For maternity hospitals, this includes known or expected...
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Comparing quality indicator rates for home care clients receiving palliative and end-of-life care before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
BackgroundThe consensus among Canadians with regards to end-of-life preferences is that with adequate support the majority prefer to live and die at...
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Indicators to evaluate quality of care in head and neck cancer in Spain
PurposeThis study aimed to develop a set of criteria and indicators to evaluate the quality of care of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC).
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Are gastrointestinal problems, nutritional care, and nutritional care needs associated with quality of life in patients with advanced cancer? Results of the observational eQuiPe study
PurposeTo assess the association of gastrointestinal problems, received nutritional care, and nutritional care needs with quality of life (QoL) in...
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Continuous improvement of quality of care in pediatric diabetes: the ISPED CARD clinical registry
AimIn Italy, the ISPED CARD initiative was launched to measure and improve quality of care in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
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Scales and size-quality outcomes in adult learning disability residential care: evidence from the UK
Residential care services are under increasing pressure to lower service provision costs while maintaining quality of care. Using a translog cost...
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Measuring practice preference variation for quality improvement in neonatal respiratory care
ObjectivesThe authors sought to measure and compare practice preference variation in neonatal respiratory care within and between neonatal intensive...
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The quality of care delivered to residents in long-term care in Australia: an indicator-based review of resident records (CareTrack Aged study)
BackgroundThis study estimated the prevalence of evidence-based care received by a population-based sample of Australian residents in long-term care...
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Implicit Racial Bias, Health Care Provider Attitudes, and Perceptions of Health Care Quality Among African American College Students in Georgia, USA
ObjectiveDue to racism, over 20% of African Americans, including college students in Georgia, receive poor quality health care. Consequently, most...
