Published in Eur J Public Health on March 28, 2013
Influence of data quality on computed Dutch hospital quality indicators: a case study in colorectal cancer surgery. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2014) 0.88
Data quality issues impede comparability of hospital treatment delay performance indicators. Neth Heart J (2015) 0.85
Testing the construct validity of hospital care quality indicators: a case study on hip replacement. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Are performance indicators used for hospital quality management: a qualitative interview study amongst health professionals and quality managers in The Netherlands. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients. BMJ (2008) 4.60
Towards evidence-based clinical practice: an international survey of 18 clinical guideline programs. Int J Qual Health Care (2003) 3.27
A conceptual framework for the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project. Int J Qual Health Care (2006) 2.54
Internet-based self-management plus education compared with usual care in asthma: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2009) 2.37
Cost-utility analysis of preoperative radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer undergoing total mesorectal excision: a study of the Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol (2003) 2.33
Inside guidelines: comparative analysis of recommendations and evidence in diabetes guidelines from 13 countries. Diabetes Care (2002) 2.21
Microsatellite instability, mismatch repair deficiency, and BRAF mutation in treatment-resistant germ cell tumors. J Clin Oncol (2009) 2.11
Serum thyroglobulin concentrations predict disease-free remission and death in differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2007) 1.77
The validity of indicators for assessing quality of care: a review of the European literature on hospital readmission rate. Eur J Public Health (2011) 1.72
Choosing a hospital for surgery: the importance of information on quality of care. Med Decis Making (2010) 1.70
Functional status after intensive care: a challenge for rehabilitation professionals to improve outcome. J Rehabil Med (2009) 1.56
Restructuring public health in Slovenia between 1985 and 2006. Int J Public Health (2008) 1.53
Made in the USA: the import of American Consumer Assessment of Health Plan Surveys (CAHPS) into the Dutch social insurance system. Eur J Public Health (2006) 1.47
Surgery in adrenocortical carcinoma: Importance of national cooperation and centralized surgery. Surgery (2012) 1.47
Motives and preferences of general practitioners for new collaboration models with medical specialists: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 1.46
Receptive music therapy for the treatment of depression: a proof-of-concept study and prospective controlled clinical trial of efficacy. Psychother Psychosom (2010) 1.43
How nurses and physicians judge their own quality of care for deteriorating patients on medical wards: self-assessment of quality of care is suboptimal*. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.43
Safety by design: effects of operating room floor marking on the position of surgical devices to promote clean air flow compliance and minimise infection risks. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.43
External validation of a prognostic model predicting time of death after withdrawal of life support in neurocritical patients. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.43
Transforming medical professionalism to fit changing health needs. BMC Med (2009) 1.41
Tools & Techniques: Analysis of clustered data in interventional cardiology: current practice and methodological advice. EuroIntervention (2013) 1.41
Net reclassification improvement and decision theory. Stat Med (2009) 1.41
European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) Guideline development methodology: towards the best possible guidelines. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2013) 1.40
Empirical data and moral theory. A plea for integrated empirical ethics. Med Health Care Philos (2004) 1.36
Psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Hospital-level Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey instrument. Health Serv Res (2006) 1.36
Self-reports of health-care utilization: diary or questionnaire? Int J Technol Assess Health Care (2005) 1.35
Application of patient safety indicators internationally: a pilot study among seven countries. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 1.25
Health services research related to performance indicators and benchmarking in Europe. J Health Serv Res Policy (2011) 1.24
Cost measurement in economic evaluations of health care: whom to ask? Med Care (2004) 1.22
Hospital standardized mortality ratio: consequences of adjusting hospital mortality with indirect standardization. PLoS One (2013) 1.20
Calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen doubling times as prognostic factors in medullary thyroid carcinoma: a structured meta-analysis. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2009) 1.19
Single- versus multiple-fraction radiotherapy in patients with painful bone metastases: cost-utility analysis based on a randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 1.19
Different formats for communicating surgical risks to patients and the effect on choice of treatment. Patient Educ Couns (2004) 1.17
Selecting effective incentive structures in health care: A decision framework to support health care purchasers in finding the right incentives to drive performance. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.15
Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study. J Rehabil Med (2009) 1.15
Implementing quality indicators in intensive care units: exploring barriers to and facilitators of behaviour change. Implement Sci (2010) 1.12
Is there a business case for quality in The Netherlands? A critical analysis of the recent reforms of the health care system. Health Policy (2006) 1.10
Nurse telephone triage in out-of-hours GP practice: determinants of independent advice and return consultation. BMC Fam Pract (2006) 1.09
Associations of serum thyrotropin concentrations with recurrence and death in differentiated thyroid cancer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2007) 1.06
Limitations of Tc99m-MIBI-SPECT imaging scans in persistent primary hyperparathyroidism. World J Surg (2011) 1.05
International comparability of patient safety indicators in 15 OECD member countries: a methodological approach of adjustment by secondary diagnoses. Health Serv Res (2011) 1.04
Clinical nature and prognosis of locally recurrent rectal cancer after total mesorectal excision with or without preoperative radiotherapy. J Clin Oncol (2004) 1.04
The Saccharomyces homolog of mammalian RACK1, Cpc2/Asc1p, is required for FLO11-dependent adhesive growth and dimorphism. Mol Cell Proteomics (2007) 1.03
Pathways into homelessness: recently homeless adults problems and service use before and after becoming homeless in Amsterdam. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.02
Intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence imaging of parathyroid adenomas with use of low-dose methylene blue. Head Neck (2013) 1.01
Effects of transfusion with red cells filtered to remove leucocytes: randomised controlled trial in patients undergoing major surgery. BMJ (2004) 1.01
Generating political priority to tackle health disparities: a case study in the Dutch city of The Hague. Am J Public Health (2010) 0.99
Health system outcomes and determinants amenable to public health in industrialized countries: a pooled, cross-sectional time series analysis. BMC Public Health (2005) 0.99
Making health system performance measurement useful to policy makers: aligning strategies, measurement and local health system accountability in ontario. Healthc Policy (2010) 0.98
A checklist for patient safety rounds at the care pathway level. Int J Qual Health Care (2014) 0.98
Additional clarification for tracheotomy practice: the right conclusions amended. Crit Care Med (2013) 0.98
Chronotypes and rhythm stability in mice. Chronobiol Int (2013) 0.97
Putting prevention into practice: qualitative study of factors that inhibit and promote preventive care by general practitioners, with a focus on elderly patients. BMC Fam Pract (2010) 0.97
Cost-effectiveness of Internet-based self-management compared with usual care in asthma. PLoS One (2011) 0.97
Interference by new-generation mobile phones on critical care medical equipment. Crit Care (2007) 0.96
Evaluation of an international benchmarking initiative in nine eye hospitals. Health Care Manage Rev (2009) 0.96
Tracheotomy does not affect reducing sedation requirements of patients in intensive care--a retrospective study. Crit Care (2006) 0.96
Acculturation does not necessarily lead to increased physical activity during leisure time: a cross-sectional study among Turkish young people in the Netherlands. BMC Public Health (2007) 0.96
What's the message? Interpretation of an uninformative BRCA1/2 test result for women at risk of familial breast cancer. Genet Med (2005) 0.96
Comparison of the prognostic usefulness of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic Peptide in patients with heart failure with versus without chronic kidney disease. Am J Cardiol (2008) 0.95
Diagnosis and treatment of hyponatremia: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements. BMC Med (2014) 0.95
Frequency and nature of drug-drug interactions in the intensive care unit. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2013) 0.93
Quality of life after hip fracture: a comparison of four health status measures in 208 patients. Disabil Rehabil (2003) 0.93
Quality of care in stroke prevention: results of an audit study among general practitioners. Prev Med (2004) 0.93
Gene expression of parathyroid tumors: molecular subclassification and identification of the potential malignant phenotype. Cancer Res (2004) 0.93
Feeling at risk: how women interpret their familial breast cancer risk. Am J Med Genet A (2004) 0.93
Self-reported disability and its association with performance-based limitation in elderly men: a comparison of three European countries. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 0.92
Poor functional status immediately after discharge from an intensive care unit. Disabil Rehabil (2008) 0.92
Effects of study methodology on adverse outcome occurrence and mortality. Int J Qual Health Care (2007) 0.92
Measuring clinical management by physicians and nurses in European hospitals: development and validation of two scales. Int J Qual Health Care (2014) 0.92
Collaborating while competing? The sustainability of community-based integrated care initiatives through a health partnership. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 0.92
Early or late tracheostomy. Crit Care Med (2005) 0.91
Involvement of patients or their representatives in quality management functions in EU hospitals: implementation and impact on patient-centred care strategies. Int J Qual Health Care (2014) 0.91
Resolving the challenges in the international comparison of health systems: the must do's and the trade-offs. Health Policy (2013) 0.90
Improvement of best practice in early breast cancer: actionable surgeon and hospital factors. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2006) 0.90
To what degree is the governance of Dutch hospitals orientated towards quality in care? Does this really affect performance? Health Policy (2013) 0.90
The role of 'confounding by indication' in assessing the effect of quality of care on disease outcomes in general practice: results of a case-control study. BMC Health Serv Res (2005) 0.90
Implementing hospital quality assurance policies in Iran: balancing licensing, annual evaluation, inspections and quality management systems. Int J Health Care Qual Assur (2015) 0.90
Process evaluation of a tailored multifaceted feedback program to improve the quality of intensive care by using quality indicators. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 0.89
Comparing health system performance assessment and management approaches in the Netherlands and Ontario, Canada. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 0.89
Improved communication in post-ICU care by improving writing of ICU discharge letters: a longitudinal before-after study. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 0.89
Development and impact of the Iranian hospital performance measurement program. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.89
Application of the Bow-Tie model in medication safety risk analysis: consecutive experience in two hospitals in the Netherlands. Drug Saf (2009) 0.89
Preventing discharge bias by time-specific measures or stratification of reporting of in-hospital ICU mortality by hospital bed size. Crit Care Med (2014) 0.88
Intermediate care: for better or worse? Process evaluation of an intermediate care model between a university hospital and a residential home. BMC Health Serv Res (2005) 0.88
Health technology assessment in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Eur J Health Econ (2014) 0.88
Successful and safe introduction of laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in Dutch hospitals. Ann Surg (2013) 0.87
Chlamydia pneumoniae activates IKK/I kappa B-mediated signaling, which is inhibited by 4-HNE and following primary exposure. Atherosclerosis (2002) 0.87
Influences of hospital information systems, indicator data collection and computation on reported Dutch hospital performance indicator scores. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.87
Do different methods of modeling statin treatment effectiveness influence the optimal decision? Med Decis Making (2012) 0.87
Performance of PREMM(1,2,6), MMRpredict, and MMRpro in detecting Lynch syndrome among endometrial cancer cases. Genet Med (2012) 0.87
Associations between technical quality of diabetes care and patient experience. Health Expect (2011) 0.87
FLO11 mediated filamentous growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on the expression of the ribosomal RPS26 genes. Mol Genet Genomics (2006) 0.86
Learning from practice variation to improve the quality of care. Clin Med (2013) 0.86
Downregulation of CASR expression and global loss of parafibromin staining are strong negative determinants of prognosis in parathyroid carcinoma. Mod Pathol (2011) 0.86