Kristensen, Solvejg, Mainz, Jan, Bartels, Paul
Background Initiatives to improve patient safety have high priority among health professionals and politicians in most developed countries. Currently, however, assessment of patient safety problems...
Palnum, Kaare Dyre, Petersen, Palle, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Ingeman, Anette, Mainz, Jan, Bartels, Paul, ...
Background and purpose: age may predict level of care and subsequent outcome among patients with stroke. We examined fulfilment of quality-of-care criteria according to age and the possible impact of...
Marshall, Martin, Klazinga, Niek, Leatherman, Sheila, Hardy, Charlie, Bergmann, Eckhard, Pisco, Luis, ...
Purpose. This article describes a project undertaken as part of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Healthcare Quality Indicator (HCQI) Project, which aimed to...
Quality indicators for international benchmarking of mental health care (2006)
Hermann, Richard C., Mattke, Soeren, Somekh, David, Silfverhielm, Helena, Goldner, Elliot, Glover, Gyles, ...
Objective. To identify quality measures for international benchmarking of mental health care that assess important processes and outcomes of care, are scientifically sound, and are feasible to...
Errors in the medication process: frequency, type, and potential clinical consequences (2005)
Lisby, Marianne, Nielsen, Lars Peter, Mainz, Jan
Objective. To investigate the frequency, type, and consequences of medication errors in more stages of the medication process, including discharge summaries. Design. A cross-sectional study using...
Mainz, Jan, Krog, Birgitte Randrup, Bjørnshave, Bodil, Bartels, Paul
Objective. In most countries there is no mandatory national system to track the quality of care delivered to the citizens. This paper describes an example of a national indicator project that aims at...
Defining and classifying clinical indicators for quality improvement (2003)
Objective. This paper provides a brief review of definitions, characteristics, and categories of clinical indicators for quality improvement in health care. Analysis. Clinical indicators assess...
Developing evidence-based clinical indicators: a state of the art methods primer (2003)
Objective. To describe steps in developing and testing clinical indicators based on state of the art methods in previous literature and experience in the Danish National Indicator Project. Analysis....
Patient and GP agreement on aspects of general practice care (2002)
Vedsted, Peter, Mainz, Jan, Lauritzen, Torsten, Olesen, Frede
Objective. The aim of the present study was to compare patient and GP priorities for general practice care. Methods. A questionnaire survey was carried out in general practice in Denmark which...
Patients' priorities with respect to general practice care: an international comparison (1999)
Grol, Richard, Wensing, Michel, Mainz, Jan, Ferreira, Pedro, Hearnshaw, Hilary, Hjortdahl, Per, ...
Background and objectives. Improving the sensitivity of general practice to Patients' needs demands a good understanding of Patients' expectations and priorities in care provision. Insight into...
Problemidentifikation og kvalitetsvurdering i sundhedsvæsenet : teori, metode, resultater / (1996)
Ph.d.-afhandling, Aarhus Universitet.