Background: No primary practice care model has been shown to be superior in achieving
high-quality primary care. We aimed to identify the organizational characteristics of primary …

Purpose Conceptual frameworks for primary care have evolved over the last 40 years, yet
little attention has been paid to the environmental, structural and organizational factors that …

Objectives. Despite much health care interest in quality and Continuous Quality
Improvement, there is little quantitative information about it. The purpose of this study was to …

Objectives To examine the effectiveness of the quality management programme—European
Practice Assessment—in primary care in Switzerland. Design Longitudinal study with three …

Objectives: To identify elements that are integral to high‐quality practice and determine
considerations relating to high‐quality practice organisation in primary care. Study design: A …

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Purpose To evaluate the appropriateness of potential data sources for the population of
performance indicators for primary care (PC) practices. Methods This project was a cross …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Case studies from Project IMPROVE, the first randomized
controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of continuous quality improvement (CQI) in …

OBJECTIVES The authors appraised the overall conclusions of a randomized, controlled
trial of quality assurance in 16 primary care group practices, addressing the relevance of …

Background. With the growth of managed care, there are increasing concerns but
inconclusive evidence regarding deterioration in the quality of medical care. Objectives. To …