{"product_id":"quality-improvement-research-isbn-9780727916402","title":"Quality Improvement Research","description":"Quality improvement in health care is now a stated objective of health services worldwide, yet effective delivery is not always apparent. This book discusses research methods that should help to improve the delivery of quality.  Contributors. \u003cp\u003e1 Quality Improvement Research: The Science of.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange in Health Care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Research Methods used in Developing and Applying Quality Indicators in Primary Care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Using Routine Comparative Data to Assess the Quality of Health Care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Qualitative Methods in Research on Healthcare Quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Research on Patients' Views in the Evaluation and Improvement of Quality of Care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Systematic Reviews of the Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Strategies and Programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Research Designs for Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Change and Improvement Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Evaluation of Quality Improvement Programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Methods for Evaluation of Small Scale Quality Improvement Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Designing a Quality Improvement Intervention: A Systematic Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Process Evaluation of Quality Improvement Interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Statistical Process Control as a Tool for Research and Healthcare Improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Value for Money of Changing Healthcare Services? Economic Evaluation of Quality Improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Grol\u003c\/b\u003e, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, The Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Richard Baker\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, CEng, CSci , is Professor of Clinical Gait analysis, University of Salford. Richard has spent nearly twenty years delivering or managing clinical gait analysis services. For nine years he was Manager of the Hugh Williamson Gait Analysis Service at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. During this time he served as Founder Director of the NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Gait Analysis. He is the first Professor of Clinical Gait Analysis anywhere in the world and is currently developing a Joint European Masters Degree programme in clinical movement analysis with colleagues in Belgium and the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e Improvement in Quality of care isa a given in today's health services. How this can best be achieved is still the subject of research and debate. The methodologies for research in managing change are the subject of this book.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a series published jointly in the British Medical Journal and Quality and Safety in Health Care it discusses the techniques for research leading to cahnge and improvemnet of care.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapters Include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuality Improvement Research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing Routine Comparative Data to Assess the Quality of Health Care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eResearch methods used in developing and applying quality indicators in primary care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eQualitative Methods in Research on Healthcare Quality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eResearch on Patients' Views in the Evaluation and Improvement of Quality of Care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eResearch Designs for Studies Evaluating the Effectiveness of Change and Improvement Strategies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEvaluation of Quality Improvement Programmes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProcess evaluation on quality improvement programmes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSystematic Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesiging a quality improvemnt intervention\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMethods for Evaluation of Small Scale Quality Improvement Projects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEconomic Evaluation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStatistical Process Control as a Tool for Research and Healthcare Improvement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by internationally recognised workers in quality improvement, this is and important reference for all health care workers and managers charged with evaluating and improving the quality of care in their institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BMJ Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989894316261,"sku":"NP9780727916402","price":78.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780727916402.jpg?v=1761785823","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/quality-improvement-research-isbn-9780727916402","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}