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Editorials

  • US health care: Addressing the crisis in US health care: moving beyond denial

    • Don E Detmer
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 1-2 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.1

  • Retrospective case record review: Retrospective case record review: a blunt instrument that needs sharpening

    • G Neale,
    • M Woloshynowych
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 2-3 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.2

  • Bimonthly publication: QSHC 2003: now bimonthly

    • F Moss
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 7 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.7

Commentaries

  • International comparisons of the quality of health care: International comparisons of the quality of health care: what do they tell us?

    • K Walshe
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 4-5 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.4

  • Patient safety: Safe treatment or a shorter wait: Hobson’s choice?

    • Angela Coulter
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 5-6 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.5

  • Prescribing costs in general practice: Influence of attitudes and behaviour of GPs on prescribing costs

    • J Szecsenyi
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 6-7 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.6

Original Articles

  • Can health care quality indicators be transferred between countries?

    • M N Marshall,
    • P G Shekelle,
    • E A McGlynn,
    • S Campbell,
    • R H Brook,
    • M O Roland
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 8-12 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.8

  • Views of older people on cataract surgery options: an assessment of preferences by conjoint analysis

    • M-A Ross,
    • A J Avery,
    • A J E Foss
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 13-17 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.13

  • Development and validation of an international appraisal instrument for assessing the quality of clinical practice guidelines: the AGREE project

    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 18-23 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.18

  • Are audits wasting resources by measuring the wrong things? A survey of methods used to select audit review criteria

    • H M Hearnshaw,
    • R M Harker,
    • F M Cheater,
    • R H Baker,
    • G M Grimshaw
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 24-28 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.24

  • Attitudes and behaviour of general practitioners and their prescribing costs: a national cross sectional survey

    • C Watkins,
    • I Harvey,
    • P Carthy,
    • L Moore,
    • E Robinson,
    • R Brawn
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 29-34 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.29

Learning from other industries

  • From aviation to medicine: applying concepts of aviation safety to risk management in ambulatory care

    • R Wilf-Miron,
    • I Lewenhoff,
    • Z Benyamini,
    • A Aviram
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 35-39 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.35

Quality improvement research

  • Process evaluation on quality improvement interventions

    • M E J L Hulscher,
    • M G H Laurant,
    • R P T M Grol
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 40-46 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.40

  • Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies

    • M Eccles,
    • J Grimshaw,
    • M Campbell,
    • C Ramsay
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 47-52 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.47

ORGANISATIONAL MATTER

  • Healthcare redesign: meaning, origins and application

    • L Locock
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 53-57 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.53

Correction

  • Correction

    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 57 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.57

Classic paper

  • The hazards of hospitalization

    • E M Schimmel
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 58-63 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.58

  • COMMENTARY

    • J P Burke
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 63-64 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.63

Effectiveness bulletin

  • The prevention and treatment of childhood obesity

    • P Wilson,
    • S O’Meara,
    • C Summerbell,
    • S Kelly
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 65-74 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.65

JournalScan

  • The need for information to bridge organisational and clinical domains

    • Tom Smith
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 75-77 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.75

CyberSpace

  • So many reports, so little time

    • A L Scheffler
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 78-79 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.78

Action points

  • Action points

    • Tim Albert
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:1 80 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.1.80

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