The NHS under the coalition government

These two reports, published by The King's Fund look at how well the NHS has performed under the coalition government:

• Part one: NHS reform
  C Ham, B Baird, S Gregory, J Jabbal, H Alderwick
  February 2015

• Part two: NHS performance
  J Appleby, B Baird, J Thompson, J Habbal
  March 2015

Measuring patient experience

"This evidence scan describes approaches to measuring patient and carer experiences of healthcare."

Measuring patient experience: Evidence Scan 18
The Evidence Centre
The Health Foundation
June 2013

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Falls prevention in older people

"This guideline updates and replaces 'Falls' (NICE clinical guideline 21)."

Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people
NICE Clinical Guideline 161
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
June 2013

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Provider-level risk-adjusted quality measurement for inpatient rehabilitation facilities

"This report should be of interest to researchers involved either in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) or the development of IRF quality reports or in outcomes studies that require risk adjustment."

Provider-level risk-adjusted quality measurement for inpatient rehabilitation facilities
AW Dick, PJ Huckfeldt, H Liu, H Yu, A Mehrotra, SL Lovejoy, JS Ashwood
RAND Corporation
2012

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Assessing value in health care programs

"Programs designed to improve health and prevent disease should be evaluated based on whether they improve health at a reasonable price, essentially comparing whether improvements in health are achieved for less resources than through alternatives, eg, expenditures on health care services."

Assessing value in health care programs
KG Volpp, G Loewenstein, DA Asch
Journal of the American Medical Association, 2012, 307(2):2153-2154

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An evaluation of the use of performance measures in health care

The study addressed the following four overarching questions, with subtopics listed below each

question:

1. How are performance measures being used in practice?
2. What factors are influencing measure use?
3. What types of system changes have occurred as a result of measure use?
4. What improvement areas could facilitate the use of standardized endorsed performance measures by various end users? 

An evaluation of the use of performance measures in health care
CL Damberg, ME Sorbero, SL Lovejoy, K Lauderdale, S Wertheimer, A Smith, D Waxman, C Schnyer
National Quality Forum, RAND Corporation
December 2011
 
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Patient safety competency assessment

"This review aims to identify the available assessment tools for different patient safety domains and evaluate them according to Miller’s four competency levels."


Assessing the patient safety competencies of healthcare professionals: a systematic review
A Okuyama, K Martowirono, B Bijnen
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2011, 20(11):991-1000

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Review of methods used in assessing non-serious adverse drug events in observational studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

"We conclude that the current assessment of adverse drug events is hampered by the choice of methods."

A review of methods used in assessing non-serious adverse drug events in observational studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
L Hakobyan, FM Haaijer-Ruskamp, D de Zeeuw, D Dobre, P Denig
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2011, 9:83

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