Regulating quality and safety of health and social care

International experiences

Daniel Schweppenstedde, Saba Hinrichs, Uzor Ogbu, Eric C. Schneider, Dionne S. Kringos, Niek S. Klazinga, Judith Healy, Lauri Vuorenkoski, Reinhard Busse, Benoit Guerin, et al.

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This report is concerned with 'standards of quality and safety' within health and social care systems. Care standards are intended to support efforts in maintaining and improving the quality of care; they have been developed across countries, although the ways in which they are implemented and applied differs between nations. Taking a range of six countries, we review the regulatory mechanisms that have been implemented to ensure that essential standards of care are applied and are being adhered to, and consider the range of policy instruments used to encourage and ensure continuous quality improvement. We report on Australia, England, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA. The report is intended to inform policy thinking for the Department of Health and others in developing the regulation of safety and quality of health and social care in England. It was prepared as part of the project 'An "On-call" Facility for International Healthcare Comparisons' funded by the Department of Health in England through its Policy Research Programme.

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Schweppenstedde, Daniel, Saba Hinrichs, Uzor Ogbu, Eric C. Schneider, Dionne S. Kringos, Niek S. Klazinga, Judith Healy, Lauri Vuorenkoski, Reinhard Busse, Benoit Guerin, Emma Pitchforth, and Ellen Nolte, Regulating quality and safety of health and social care: International experiences, RAND Corporation, RR-561-DH, 2014. As of September 23, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR561.html
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Schweppenstedde, Daniel, Saba Hinrichs, Uzor Ogbu, Eric C. Schneider, Dionne S. Kringos, Niek S. Klazinga, Judith Healy, Lauri Vuorenkoski, Reinhard Busse, Benoit Guerin, Emma Pitchforth, and Ellen Nolte, Regulating quality and safety of health and social care: International experiences. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2014. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR561.html.
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