National benchmarking between the Nordic countries on the quality of care
Abstract This paper describes the Nordic Indicator Project that aims at describing and analysing the quality of care for important diseases in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The Council of Ministers decided to appoint a working group for quality mappi...
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crwiley:10.1002/jso.21204 2024-06-02T08:07:32+00:00 National benchmarking between the Nordic countries on the quality of care Mainz, Jan Hjulsager, Morten og, Mette Thorup Eriksen Burgaard, Jytte 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jso.21204 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjso.21204 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jso.21204 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Surgical Oncology volume 99, issue 8, page 505-507 ISSN 0022-4790 1096-9098 journal-article 2008 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.21204 2024-05-03T11:01:00Z Abstract This paper describes the Nordic Indicator Project that aims at describing and analysing the quality of care for important diseases in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The Council of Ministers decided to appoint a working group for quality mapping with the aim of giving Nordic citizens, politicians, health workers and authorities the opportunity to evaluate and compare performance across the Nordic countries. The working group selected 36 prioritised quality indicators, including cancer indicators, for benchmarking between the Nordic countries. Additionally, 40 ‘potential indicators’ have been identified for future developments. This international projects document how difficult it is to do international benchmarking. The experience of the Nordic Council of Ministers Quality Project has shown that even for common indicators as survival and mortality rates for breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer etc., it is difficult to yield data that are representative to the international nations as a whole. It seems that modern health care systems are not able do document their quality. At national and international level we need to invest in quality measurement systems and in international collaboration. J. Surg. Oncol. 2009;99:505–507. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Iceland Wiley Online Library Greenland Norway Journal of Surgical Oncology 99 8 505 507 |
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Abstract This paper describes the Nordic Indicator Project that aims at describing and analysing the quality of care for important diseases in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The Council of Ministers decided to appoint a working group for quality mapping with the aim of giving Nordic citizens, politicians, health workers and authorities the opportunity to evaluate and compare performance across the Nordic countries. The working group selected 36 prioritised quality indicators, including cancer indicators, for benchmarking between the Nordic countries. Additionally, 40 ‘potential indicators’ have been identified for future developments. This international projects document how difficult it is to do international benchmarking. The experience of the Nordic Council of Ministers Quality Project has shown that even for common indicators as survival and mortality rates for breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer etc., it is difficult to yield data that are representative to the international nations as a whole. It seems that modern health care systems are not able do document their quality. At national and international level we need to invest in quality measurement systems and in international collaboration. J. Surg. Oncol. 2009;99:505–507. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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