Quality indicators have been developed throughout Europe primarily for use in hospitals, but
also increasingly for primary care. Both development and application are important but there …

Consensus methods in prescribing research Page 1 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and
Therapeutics (2001) 26, 5–14 RESEARCH NOTE Consensus methods in prescribing …

This study examines the capacity of US counties to undertake performance measurement.
Based on a national survey of counties with populations over 50,000, the authors address …

Recently there has been an increasing emphasis in the youth and family mental health
treatment literature on the use of empirically supported treatments (ESTs). In contrast there …

Abstract Encouraged by the New Freedom Commission, mental health systems such as the
Veteran Administration (VA) are now becoming more recovery-oriented. Consumer …

This research examines hypotheses about the prevalence of performance measurement in
counties. It focuses on organizational relationships, structures, and goals that are relevant to …

This research explores public officials' attitudes toward the use of citizen evaluations to
assess public services. Survey results indicate that local public officials, except finance …

For social work practitioners to engage fully in efforts designed to improve the quality of
social services, they need to understand what is meant by quality of care, grapple with its …

Quality and Nursing: Moving from A Concept to a Core Competency Page 1 UROLOGIC
NURSING / December 2008 / Volume 28 Number 6 417 The growing focus on providing …

The National Inventory of Mental Health Quality Measures was funded by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality to (1) inventory process measures for assessing the …