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Review
. 2020 Oct;38(10):632-636.
doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2020.07.010. Epub 2020 Aug 30.

Evaluating quality in clinical care

Aminder A Singh  1   2 , Jonathan R Boyle  1   2
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Review

Evaluating quality in clinical care

Aminder A Singh et al. Surgery (Oxf). 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Defining and maintaining quality is essential to surgical practice. It is only through structured approaches to assessing outcomes that we can ensure that optimal care is delivered. This article will define quality in healthcare and discuss assessment models with reference to pertinent surgical literature. National initiatives are discussed with a critical appraisal of their role and effectiveness. We discuss the aim of quality improvement initiatives and comment on reporting of outcomes. The difficult question of how to maintain quality during a crisis, such as an infectious disease pandemic, is addressed.

Keywords: Case mix; Covid-19; Donabedian model; healthcare; outliers; patient reported outcomes measures; quality.

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Three aspects of quality care.
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