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ArticleBMC health services research2015

Confronting the quality paradox: towards new characterisations of 'quality' in contemporary healthcare.

Deborah Swinglehurst, Nathan Emmerich, Jo Maybin, Sophie Park, Sally Quilligan

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Article in BMC health services research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Deborah SwinglehurstCentre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK. d.swinglehurst@qmul.ac.uk.
Nathan EmmerichSchool of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK. n.emmerich@qub.ac.uk.
Jo MaybinPolicy Directorate, The King's Fund, London, UK. j.maybin@kingsfund.org.uk.
Sophie ParkDepartment of Primary Care & Population Health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, University College London, London, UK. sophie.park@ucl.ac.uk.
Sally QuilliganClinical and Communication Skills Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. saq23@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

Funding

Department of Health RDA/03/07/076Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This editorial introduces the special Biomed Central cross-journal collection The Many Meanings of 'Quality' in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, setting out the context for the development of the collection, and presenting brief summaries of all the included papers in three broad themes 1) the practices of assuring quality in healthcare 2) giving 'space to the story' 3) addressing moral complexity in the clinic, the classroom and the academy. The editorial concludes with reflections on some of the key messages that emerge from the papers which are relevant to policymakers and practitioners who seek to improve the quality of healthcare.

Indexed as

Quality Assurance, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareHumansQuality Improvement

Identifiers

PMID26092245
PMCPMC4473825

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