Summary This Policy Review sourced opinions from experts in cancer care across low-
income and middle-income countries (LMICs) to build consensus around high-priority …

There is an ongoing debate among researchers and policy-makers on how to make
transparency a powerful tool of healthcare systems. This study addresses how the …

Background Since 2009, hospital quality policy in Flanders, Belgium, is built around a
quality-of-care triad, which encompasses accreditation, public reporting (PR) and inspection …

Public reporting on the quality of care is intended to guide patients to the provider with the
highest quality and to stimulate a fair competition on quality. We apply a difference-in …

Background This national study investigated hospital quality and patient factors associated
with treatment location for breast cancer surgery. Methods By using linked administrative …

“Shopping around” for treatment is not a solution to cancer backlog Page 1 “Shopping around”
for treatment is not a solution to cancer backlog Ajay Aggarwal and colleagues argue that relying …

Background Measurement and reporting of quality indicators at the hospital level has been
shown to improve outcomes and support patient choice. Although there are many studies …

Background Collaboration between policymakers, patients and healthcare workers in
hospital quality of care policy setting can improve the integration of new initiatives. The aim …

Abstract The new San-Q (Sanitary Quality) framework for sustainable development
evaluates the 3 pillars of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental …

Hospitals play a key role in patient outcomes and spending, but efforts to improve their
quality are hindered because we do not know whether hospital quality indicators are causal …