Intentional whole health system redesign

"This case study has been written to offer inspiration for commissioners and providers in the English NHS, in particular the vanguards in the NHS’s new care models programme, embarking on system redesign. It aims to provide a description of Southcentral’s transformation journey as well as a snapshot of its service and organisational model, focusing on issues that are likely to be of most relevance to local NHS systems developing new care models"

Intentional whole health system redesign: Southcentral Foundation’s ‘Nuka’ system of care
Ben Collins
The King's Fund
November 2015

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The Global Comparators project: international comparison of 30-day in-hospital mortality by day of the week

"We show that mortality outcomes for our sample vary within each country and per day of the week in agreement with previous studies of the ‘weekend effect’."

The Global Comparators project: international comparison of 30-day in-hospital mortality by day of the week
M Ruiz, A Bottle, PP Aylin
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:492-504 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003467

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Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality

"This report uses the data to understand what international comparisons tell us about changes in quality of healthcare in the UK between 2000 and 2013, and provides a baseline for future comparisons."

Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality: What can the UK learn?
L Kossarova, I Blunt, M Bardsley
QualityWatch
July 2015

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How does the NHS compare with health systems in other countries?

"The UK’s health system has strong foundations to work with. However, more could be done to prevent and treat ill health, both within and outside of the remit of the NHS."

How does the NHS compare with health systems in other countries?
N Berry
The Health Foundation
March 2015

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The UK healthcare system scores highest on quality, access and efficiency

"The United Kingdom ranks first overall, scoring highest on quality, access, and efficiency"

Mirror, mirror on the wall: how the performance of the U.S. health care system compares internationally
K Davis, K Stremikis, D Squires, C Schoen
The Commonwealth Fund
June 2014

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What can the UK learn from healthcare innovation in India?

"Participants saw first-hand how innovation can drive quality and efficiency simultaneously, two dimensions that, in the US and UK, we often think of as opposing values."

What can the UK learn from healthcare innovation in India?: Reflections from an International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) study tour to India
The Health Foundation
February 2014

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Health system performance comparison

"International health system performance comparisons have the potential to provide a rich source of evidence as well as policy influence."

Policy summary 4: Health system performance comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research
PC Smith, I Papanicolas
World Health Organization
May 2012

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