Monday 25 July 2011

Centre for Health Economics

The main methodological issues in costing healthcare services: a literature review

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E-watch on Innovation in Health Sciences

Better, sooner, more convenient healthcare in the community

Supporting spread: lessons from the California Improvement Network

Taking responsibility for complexity: how implementation can achieve results in the face of complex problems

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Health Inspectorate (Wales)

3-year programme 2011-2014 (inspection programme for Wales – draft for comment)

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Healthcare Governance Review

Mapping the gap: highlighting the disconnect between governance best practice and reality in the NHS

Comparing healthcare quality: a national directory (USA)

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Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Web&Action: getting started on the IHI Triple Aim (online course beginning Oct 12th 2011)

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Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Engineering a learning healthcare system: a look at the future

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NHS Information Centre

Hospital episode statistics: improving the quality and value of hospital data (discussion document)

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NICE

Patient experience in adult NHS services: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services (draft guideline for consultation)

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NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme

The use of surrogate outcomes in model-based cost-effectiveness analyses: a survey of UK health technology assessment reports

Development of a toolkit and glossary to aid in the adaptation of health technology assessment (HTA) reports for use in different contexts

Avoiding and identifying errors in health technology assessment models: qualitative study and methodological review

Weighing and valuing quality-adjusted-life-years using stated preference methods: preliminary results from the Social Value of a QALY project

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Scottish Government

Consultation on regulation of independent healthcare in Scotland: consultation report

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Veterans Health Administration

Brief overview: systematic reviews for patient-centered care

Brief overview: systematic reviews of strategies for changing clinician behavior to improve patient outcomes

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