 Quality Assurance, Health Care
"Quality Assurance, Health Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
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D011785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700 N05.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Quality Assurance, Health Care- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Healthcare Quality Assurance
- Assurance, Healthcare Quality
- Assurances, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assurances
- Quality Assurances, Healthcare
- Quality Assurance, Healthcare
- Health Care Quality Assurance
Healthcare Quality Assessment- Healthcare Quality Assessment
- Assessment, Healthcare Quality
- Assessments, Healthcare Quality
- Healthcare Quality Assessments
- Quality Assessments, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Healthcare
- Quality Assessment, Health Care
- Health Care Quality Assessment
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality Assurance, Health Care" by people in Profiles.
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Dykewicz MS, Wallace DV, Baroody F, Bernstein J, Craig T, Finegold I, Huang F, Larenas-Linnemann D, Meltzer E, Steven G, Bernstein DI, Blessing-Moore J, Dinakar C, Greenhawt M, Horner CC, Khan DA, Lang D, Oppenheimer J, Portnoy JM, Randolph CR, Rank MA, Dykewicz MS, Wallace DV. Treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis: An evidence-based focused 2017 guideline update. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 12; 119(6):489-511.e41.
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Arca MJ, Rangel SJ, Hall M, Rothstein DH, Blakely ML, Minneci PC, Shah SS, Heiss KF, Snyder CL, Berman L, Browne M, Vinocur CD, Raval MV, Goldin AB. Case Volume and Revisits in Children Undergoing Gastrostomy Tube Placement. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 08; 65(2):232-236.
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Lobeck I, Dupree P, Karns R, Rodeberg D, von Allmen D, Dasgupta R. Quality assessment of lymph node sampling in rhabdomyosarcoma: A surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program study. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Apr; 52(4):614-617.
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Staggs VS. Reliability assessment of a hospital quality measure based on rates of adverse outcomes on nursing units. Stat Methods Med Res. 2017 Dec; 26(6):2951-2961.
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Sharp NE, Knott EM, Iqbal CW, Thomas P, St Peter SD. Accuracy of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric for laparoscopic appendectomy at a single institution. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep; 184(1):318-21.
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Grimes CE, Maraka J, Kingsnorth AN, Darko R, Samkange CA, Lane RH. Guidelines for surgeons on establishing projects in low-income countries. World J Surg. 2013 Jun; 37(6):1203-7.
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Conners GP, Melzer SM, Betts JM, Chitkara MB, Jewell JA, Lye PS, Mirkinson LJ, Shaw KN, Ackerman AD, Chun TH, Conners GP, Dudley NC, Fein JA, Fuchs SM, Moore BR, Selbst SM, Wright JL. Pediatric observation units. Pediatrics. 2012 Jul; 130(1):172-9.
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Klaus SF, Boyle DK, Simon M. A method to the madness: understanding nursing quality measurement. Nurs Manage. 2009 Aug; 40(8):12-5.
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Miller K, Ward-Smith P, Cox K, Jones EM, Portnoy JM. Development of an asthma disease management program in a children's hospital. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2003 Nov; 3(6):491-500.
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Jabs K, Warady BA. The impact of the Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative Guidelines on the care of the pediatric end-stage renal disease patient. Adv Ren Replace Ther. 1999 Jan; 6(1):97-106.
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