Variations of care and diagnosis as markers for the quality of medical care in Switzerland

Christoph A. Meier

doi:10.4414/smw.2019.20029

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Variations of care and diagnosis as markers for the quality of medical care in Switzerland

Christoph A. Meier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20029
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2019;149:w20029
Published: 15.02.2019

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Porter ME. What is value in health care? N Engl J Med. 2010;363(26):2477–81. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1011024
The Dartmouth Atlas of Helath Care. http://www.dartmouthatlas.org (accessed on November 29th, 2018)
Schweizer Atlas der Gesundheitsversorgung. http://versorgungsatlas.ch/index.php/de/ (accessed on November 29th, 2018)
Balogh EP, Miller BT, Ball JR, eds. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. National Academies Press; 2016.
Brutsche M, Rassouli F, Gallion H, Kalra S, Roger VL, Baty F. Diagnostic diversity - an indicator of institutional and regional healthcare quality. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14691. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14691
Singh H, Meyer AN, Thomas EJ. The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(9):727–31. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002627

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Meier CA. Variations of care and diagnosis as markers for the quality of medical care in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 15 [cited 2024 Nov. 19];149(0708):w20029. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2582

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[1] Porter ME. What is value in health care? N Engl J Med. 2010;363(26):2477–81. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1011024

[2] The Dartmouth Atlas of Helath Care. http://www.dartmouthatlas.org (accessed on November 29th, 2018)

[3] Schweizer Atlas der Gesundheitsversorgung. http://versorgungsatlas.ch/index.php/de/ (accessed on November 29th, 2018)

[4] Balogh EP, Miller BT, Ball JR, eds. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. National Academies Press; 2016.

[5] Brutsche M, Rassouli F, Gallion H, Kalra S, Roger VL, Baty F. Diagnostic diversity - an indicator of institutional and regional healthcare quality. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14691. doi:.https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14691

[6] Singh H, Meyer AN, Thomas EJ. The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(9):727–31. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002627