International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Volume 20 Issue 5
Addressing the issues of management and quality
Table of contents
Quality award dimensions: a strategic instrument for measuring health service quality
M. Palani Natha Raja, S.G. Deshmukh, Subhash WadhwaThe purpose of this paper is to describe research which compared quality awards and the selection of criteria for assessing health care processes quality status, in private sector…
The role of insurance in health care management in India
Hima GuptaHealth insurance in India has shown little development. It has not been able to evoke enthusiasm among Indian insurers. Consequently, several reports on Indian health care…
Is the Swedish welfare state in retreat? Current trends in Swedish health care
Randolph K. QuayeThe purpose of this paper is to explore, 14 years since the introduction of market reforms, the extent to which changes have altered the nature of Sweden's health care financing…
Quality improvement and paramedic care: What does the literature reveal for pre‐hospital emergency care in Australia?
Russell Linwood, Gary Day, Gerrard FitzGerald, Brian OldenburgThe purpose of this article to review the literature relating to improving paramedic care in an Australian context.
The quest to improve Chinese healthcare: some fundamental issues
Shiu‐hung Lee, Artie W. Ng, Karen ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the problems associated with unsatisfactory delivery of services in the current healthcare system of China as experienced by patients of…
Relating nursing workload to quality of care in child and adolescent mental health inpatient services
Colin RidleyThe purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a simple tool that enables inpatient psychiatric adolescent units to relate patient dependency to the number of nursing…
Migrating registered nurses in the UK: Black and minority ethnic overseas nurses' perspectives
Obrey Alexis, Vasso VydelingumThe purpose of the study is to explore, describe and develop a greater understanding of overseas Black and minority ethnic nurses' experiences of, as well as the impact of, their…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Charu Chandra
- Professor Sameer Kumar