The OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Volume 18, Issue Supplement 1: September 2006


Soeren Mattke, Arnold M. Epstein, and Sheila Leatherman
The OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project: history and background
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 1-4;
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Onyebuchi A. Arah, Gert P. Westert, Jeremy Hurst, and Niek S. Klazinga
A conceptual framework for the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 5-13;
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Vivienne McLoughlin, John Millar, Soeren Mattke, Margarida Franca, Pia Maria Jonsson, David Somekh, and David Bates
Selecting indicators for patient safety at the health system level in OECD countries
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 14-20;
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Martin Marshall, Niek Klazinga, Sheila Leatherman, Charlie Hardy, Eckhard Bergmann, Luis Pisco, Soeren Mattke, and Jan Mainz
OECD Health Care Quality Indicator Project. The expert panel on primary care prevention and health promotion
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 21-25;
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Antonio Nicolucci, Sheldon Greenfield, and Soeren Mattke
Selecting indicators for the quality of diabetes care at the health systems level in OECD countries
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 26-30;
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Richard C. Hermann, Soeren Mattke, David Somekh, Helena Silfverhielm, Elliot Goldner, Gyles Glover, Jane Pirkis, Jan Mainz, and Jeffrey A. Chan
Quality indicators for international benchmarking of mental health care
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 31-38;
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Ulla M. Idänpään-Heikkilä, Laura Lambie, Soeren Mattke, Vin McLaughlin, Heather Palmer, and Jack V. Tu
Selecting indicators for the quality of cardiac care at the health system level in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 39-44;
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Edward T. kelley, Irma Arispe, and Julia Holmes
Beyond the initial indicators: lessons from the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project and the US National Healthcare Quality Report
Int J Qual Health Care 2006 18: 45-51;
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