Correspondence to Dr Anna Rahman, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; rahmananna1{at}gmail.com Background Two strategies for rating the ...

Correspondence to Dr Hugh McLeod, Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham, Public Health Building, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; h.s.t.mcleod{at}bham.ac.uk Objectives In line with a national policy ...

Background Patients can have an important role in reducing harm in primary-care settings. Learning from patient experience and feedback could improve patient safety. Evidence that captures patients’ ...

Professor of Epidemology and Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Neweastle University, The Medical School, Neweastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK Discussing the merits or otherwise of peer review in ...

The potential of purchasers to influence the quality and safety of care has captured the attention of health sector leaders worldwide. Quality based purchasing explicitly seeks to hold providers ...

Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a common preventable complication of hospital care and represent a major threat to patient safety, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA Dr H E Wang, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA ...

1 Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 3 Department of Surgery, Johns ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal Institute, James M. Anderson Centre for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Associates in Process ...

Background This study aimed to involve patients with chronic conditions in generating ideas for improving their care. Methods We performed a citizen science study. Participants were adult patients ...

1 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 2 School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Dr D M Ashcroft Senior Clinical ...