Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …

The effectiveness of different types of interventions to reduce low-value care has been
insufficiently summarized to allow for translation to practice. This article systematically …

Whenever possible, the recommendations listed in this document are evidence based.
Articles reviewed in this guideline revision covered evidence from the past 10 years through …

This essay reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on quality disclosure and
certification. After comparing quality disclosure with other quality assurance mechanisms …

Background: Previous reviews have shown inconsistent effects of publicly reported
performance data on quality of care, but many new studies have become available in the 7 …

Functionality and feedback: a realist synthesis of the collation, interpretation and utilisation
of patient-reported outcome mea Page 1 Northumbria Research Link Citation: Greenhalgh …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is four things: 1) the fundamental tenets of
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …

The goal of this statement is to develop consensus recommendations aimed at measuring
and optimizing outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). For the purposes of this …

Background Public reporting and pay for performance are intended to accelerate
improvements in hospital care, yet little is known about the benefits of these methods of …

Objectives: This study sought to provide a report to the public of data from the CathPCI
Registry of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Background: The CathPCI Registry …