Quality Assurance in Health Care : the Official Journal of the International Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care
Overview
Quality Assurance in Health Care : the Official Journal of the International Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care is a scientific journal, published since 1989 in English. The journal's country of origin is United Kingdom and its primary focus area is health services.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Qual Assur Health Care
Start
1989
End
1993
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
1040-6166
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Health Services
Recent Articles
1.
Hill R, Anderson R
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):351-9.
PMID: 8018895
A program for quality assessment of medical diagnostics is proposed, based on detailed, ongoing comparison of clinical diagnoses with autopsy diagnoses. The model requires that the autopsy service itself be...
2.
Alafuzoff I, Veress B
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):345-9.
PMID: 8018894
The factors which could influence the selection of cases for post-mortem examination were analysed during a 6-month period. The variables studied included the age and sex of the patients, the...
3.
Saracci R
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):339-44.
PMID: 8018893
Autopsy can represent a key instrument in auditing clinical diagnosis performance, on which in turn the accuracy of diagnoses, as used in a variety of epidemiological investigations, depend. This audit...
4.
Veress B, Gadaleanu V, Nennesmo I, Wikstrom B
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):333-7.
PMID: 8018892
The aim of the study was to analyse the agreement between pathologists regarding macroscopic autopsy diagnostics. Four pathologists examined 35 autopsies and determined the principal disease and its complications, the...
5.
Start R, Cotton D
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):325-32.
PMID: 8018891
The contribution of new techniques to the performance, evaluation and future development of the autopsy as a quality assurance technique are reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed upon psychological techniques and...
6.
Eriksson L, Sundstrom C
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):319-23.
PMID: 8018890
The autopsy rate has declined in the last 20 years in Sweden and is now approximately 30%. Clinical autopsies constitute about 18% and medico-legal autopsies somewhat more than 10%. There...
7.
Petri C
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):315-8.
PMID: 8018889
Unlabelled: New techniques have influenced the attitude to the autopsy and contribute to a de-emphasis on the importance of post-mortem examination. Since 1990, new Danish legislation has provoked a dramatic...
8.
Hill R
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):309-13.
PMID: 8018888
Once a cornerstone of medical education and medical practice, the autopsy has fallen into disuse and disregard in many circles in the USA. In this review of the autopsy today...
9.
Lindgren A
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):303-7.
PMID: 8018887
Four randomized Swedish studies on the usefulness of mammography in screening for breast cancer have been published. The results have shown a variable but positive effect of screening in women...
10.
Britton M
Qual Assur Health Care
. 1993 Dec;
5(4):299-302.
PMID: 8018886
In many treatment trials the aim is to prevent deaths from one type of disease. The cause of death evaluation is therefore of the utmost importance. A high autopsy rate...