Table of contents

Original research

• Drivers of potentially avoidable emergency admissions in Ireland: an ecological analysis (12 October, 2018)

  Brenda Lynch, Anthony P Fitzgerald, Paul Corcoran, Claire Buckley, Orla Healy, John Browne
• Bending the cost curve: time series analysis of a value transformation programme at an academic medical centre (15 March, 2019)

  Steven C Chatfield, Frank M Volpicelli, Nicole M Adler, Kunhee Lucy Kim, Simon A Jones, Fritz Francois, Paresh C Shah, Robert A Press, Leora I Horwitz
• Effect of data validation audit on hospital mortality ranking and pay for performance (26 October, 2018)

  Skerdi Haviari, François Chollet, Stéphanie Polazzi, Cecile Payet, Adrien Beauveil, Cyrille Colin, Antoine Duclos
• Patient safety and the ageing physician: a qualitative study of key stakeholder attitudes and experiences (20 September, 2018)

  Andrew A White, William M Sage, Paulina H Osinska, Monica J Salgaonkar, Thomas H Gallagher
• Using a 10-step framework to support the implementation of an evidence-based clinical pathways programme (21 November, 2018)

  Emilia J Flores, Nikhil K Mull, Julia G Lavenberg, Matthew D Mitchell, Brian F Leas, Austin Williams, Patrick J Brennan, Craig A Umscheid
• Patterns of performance and improvement in US Medicare’s Hospital Star Ratings, 2016–2017 (8 December, 2018)

  Paula Chatterjee, Karen Joynt Maddox