Improving healthcare quality in Europe: Characteristics, effectiveness and implementation of different strategies

Improving healthcare quality in Europe: Characteristics, effectiveness and implementation of different strategies Quality improvement initiatives take many forms, from the creation of standards for health professionals, health technologies and health facilities, to audit and feedback, and from fostering a patient safety culture to public reporting and paying for quality. For policy-makers who struggle to decide which initiatives to prioritise for investment, understanding the potential of different quality strategies in their unique settings is key.....This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies