Examining the impact of school quality on school outcomes and improvement: A value-added approach

RH Heck - Educational administration quarterly, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
… of school quality, the three slope improvement residuals, the … factors (ie, quality indicators,
improvement, academic outcomes)… variables (ie, school quality, improvement, outcomes).They …

… Peer Comparisons As A Way To Improve Health Care Quality: Examining whether peer comparisons feedback provided to primary care providers may impact quality …

AS Navathe, KG Volpp, AM Bond, KA Linn… - Health …, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
… were focused on quality improvement have produced mixed … One promising nonfinancial
strategy for improving quality is … We conducted additional analyses that examined the effect of …

Examining effects of equine-assisted activities to help combat veterans improve quality of life

BA Lanning, N Krenek - Journal of Rehabilitation Research & …, 2013 - go.gale.com
… with a horse may help improve quality of life, we examined a specific EAAT known as TR. …
been conducted to determine the therapeutic effects on quality of life for veterans. Anecdotal …

Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials examining psychological interventions for pediatric procedural pain: recommendations for quality improvement

LS Uman, CT Chambers, PJ McGrath… - Journal of pediatric …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… In order to provide a meaningful quality assessment, it is necessary to use a more comprehensive
set of quality criteria that are relevant for trials examining psychological interventions. …

Improving quality of care through payment for performance: examining effects on the availability and stock‐out of essential medical commodities in Tanzania

P Binyaruka, J Borghi - Tropical Medicine & International …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… Subgroup effects We examined whether the effects of P4P differed with the wealth of the
facility … We also examined effects by facility ownership (public/non-public) given the differing …

Assessing the impact of continuous quality improvement on clinical practice: what it will take to accelerate progress

SM Shortell, CL Bennett, GR Byck - The Milbank Quarterly, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… The majority of the studies we examined reported positive findings on the variables of
interest. For example, CQI efforts to reduce LOS and patient charges for carotid endarterectomy …

Privatizing public nursing homes: Examining the effects on quality and access

A Amirkhanyan - Public Administration Review, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… This study examines the effects of local government divestment on quality and access to care
for Medicaid recipients in privatized nursing homes. The central hypotheses are concerned …

The effects of total quality management on corporate performance: an empirical investigation

GS Easton, SL Jarrell - The journal of Business, 1998 - JSTOR
… This study examines the impact of TQM on financial performance for a sample of … examines
statistical evidence against the null hypothesis that implementation of TQM does not improve

How to improve research quality? Examining the impacts of collaboration intensity and member diversity in collaboration networks

CH Liao - Scientometrics, 2011 - akjournals.com
quality. For instance, peer review is an evaluation process that is usually employed to improve
quality and … In summary, future research could expand the research quality construct by …

Examining the value and quality of health economic analyses: implications of utilizing the QHES

JJ Ofman, SD Sullivan, PJ Neumann, CF Chiou… - Journal of Managed …, 2003 - jmcp.org
… To better understand the potential application of the QHES, we undertook a small case
study, examining 30 cost-effectiveness analyses that compared care strategies in …