Measuring quality at a system level

"Quality is being measured and reported across healthcare organizations and sectors, but efforts are rarely made to connect the activity in one organization to quality experienced by patients and clients in another part of the healthcare system. This article describes one regional health organization's journey to measuring health quality at a system level." 

Measuring quality at a system level: an impossible task? the Toronto Central LHIN experience
R Solomon, C Damba, S Bryant
Healthcare Quarterly, 2013, 16(4): 36-42

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Measuring the impact of caregiving on informal carers

"The CarerQol can be used in informal care research and economic evaluations of health care interventions. Hence, its use can facilitate informed decision making in health care."

Measuring the impact of caregiving on informal carers: a construct validation study of the CarerQol instrument
RJ Hoefman, J van Exel, Werner BF Brouwer
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2013, 11:173

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