2025
Hospital Patient Experience Worsened With the COVID-19 Pandemic, Especially for Older Adults, and Remains Worse than Before.
Beckett M, W Cohea C, Saliba D, Cleary P, A Giordano L, Elliott M. Hospital Patient Experience Worsened With the COVID-19 Pandemic, Especially for Older Adults, and Remains Worse than Before. Medical Care Research And Review 2025, 10775587251349053. PMID: 40620127, DOI: 10.1177/10775587251349053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and SystemsPatient experienceAssessment of Healthcare Providers and SystemsConsumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and SystemsHealthcare Providers and SystemsHospital quality improvement effortsImpact of visitor restrictionsPatient’s greatest needsHospitalized patients' experiencesQuality improvement effortsCOVID-19 pandemicInpatient experienceVisitor restrictionsOlder adultsSummary scoreMaternity patientsPatient supportPre-pandemic levelsFamily accessInstrumental supportImprovement effortsGreater needAdult ageHospitalPre-pandemic
2017
Maternal and neonatal services in Ethiopia: measuring and improving quality
Canavan ME, Brault MA, Tatek D, Burssa D, Teshome A, Linnander E, Bradley EH. Maternal and neonatal services in Ethiopia: measuring and improving quality. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2017, 95: 473-477. PMID: 28603314, PMCID: PMC5463811, DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.178806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrapartum careQuality improvement effortsLead hospitalsMiddle-income countriesMedical record reviewHospital quality improvement effortsHospital quality improvementHospital-based trainingMean quality scoreAdditional replication studiesNeonatal servicesRecord reviewNeonatal careNeonatal mortalityOverall mean quality scoreHospital visitsGovernment hospitalsHospital clustersHospitalImprovement effortsQuality improvement mechanismsCareBaselineVisitsPoor quality
2005
Quality Improvement Efforts and Hospital Performance
Bradley EH, Herrin J, Mattera JA, Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Frederick P, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Quality Improvement Efforts and Hospital Performance. Medical Care 2005, 43: 282-292. PMID: 15725985, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200503000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesDrug Utilization ReviewFemaleHospitalsHumansLeadershipMaleMedical Staff, HospitalMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionOrganizational CultureOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesTotal Quality ManagementUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionBeta-blocker prescription ratesQuality improvement effortsMyocardial infarctionBeta-blocker useHospital teaching statusCross-sectional studyQuality improvement interventionsPatient-level dataPhysician leadershipQuality of careHospital performanceHospital quality improvement effortsImprovement effortsQuality improvement strategiesPrescription ratesBorderline significanceNational registryAMI volumeUS hospitalsImprovement interventionsHospitalTeaching statusEvidence baseHigh/medium
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