OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality.

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Foreword Acknowledgements Table of contents Acronyms and abbreviations Executive summary Assessment and recommendations 0.1. Health care quality monitoring and improvement in the United Kingdom 0.2. Challenges faced by the United Kingdom's health systems 0.3. The United Kingdom's responses to health system challenges 0.4. Strengthening health care quality in the United Kingdom 0.5. Conclusions References Chapter 1. Health care quality in England 1.1. The planning, financing and delivery of health care in England 1.2. Governance of health care quality monitoring and improvement. 1.3. Professional training and certification1.4. Inspection and accreditation of health care facilities 1.5. Authorisation of medical devices and pharmaceuticals 1.6. Development and use of standards and guidelines 1.7. Development and use of quality indicators and other performance data 1.8. Public reporting of quality and performance 1.9. Patient and public involvement in improving health care quality 1.10. Use of financial incentives to improve quality 1.11. Patient safety initiatives 1.12. Conclusions Notes References Chapter 2. Health care quality in Scotland. 2.1. The planning, financing and delivery of health care in Scotland2.2. The key policies and governance of health care quality monitoring and improvement in Scotland 2.3. Professional training and certification 2.4. Inspection and accreditation of health care facilities 2.5. Authorisation of medical devices and pharmaceuticals 2.6. Development and use of standards and guidelines 2.7. Development and use of quality indicators and other performance data 2.8. Public reporting of quality and performance 2.9. Patient and public involvement in improving health care quality. 2.10. Use of financial incentives to improve quality2.11. Patient safety initiatives 2.12. Conclusions Notes References Chapter 3. Health care quality in Wales 3.1. The planning, financing and delivery of health care in Wales 3.2. Governance of health care quality monitoring and improvement 3.3. Professional training and certification 3.4. Inspection and accreditation of health care facilities 3.5. Authorisation of medical devices and pharmaceuticals 3.6. Audits, peer review and performance reporting 3.7. Development, use and reporting of quality indicators. 3.8. Patient and public involvement in improving health care quality3.9. Use of financial incentives to improve quality 3.10. Patient safety initiatives 3.11. Conclusions References Chapter 4. Health care quality in Northern Ireland 4.1. The planning, financing and delivery of health care in Northern Ireland 4.2. Governance of health care quality monitoring and improvement 4.3. Professional training and certification 4.4. Inspection and accreditation of health care facilities 4.5. Authorisation of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.