1Department of Joint Research Laboratory of Clinical Medicine and 2Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake 470-1192; 3Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake 470-1192; 4Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011; and 5Department of Microbiology and Medical Zool...

1) Newcastle University, Institute of Cellular Medicine and 2) Sir William Leech Centre for Respiratory Research and Freeman Hospital Adult Bronchiectasis Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust, 3) Department of Medical Microbiology, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 4) Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool 5) Antibiotic Resistance and Health...

Laszlo Farkas, Daniela Farkas, David Warburton, Jack Gauldie, Wei Shi, Martin R. Stampfli, Norbert F. Voelkel, and Martin Kolb Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton; Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; and The Saban Institute, Deve...

Patrik Wyss, Shaihan J Malik, Vincent O Boer, Johanna J Bluemink, Alexander Raaijmakers, Mustafa Cavusoglu, Peter Luijten, Johannes J Hoogduin, Giel Mens, and Anke Henning Institute for Biomedical Engineering, UZH and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands...

1Human Neurotransmitters Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 8008, Australia 2Nucleus Network Ltd., Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 8008, Australia 3Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA 4Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science...

1 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK 2 MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK 3 Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, UK 4 Wales Heart Research Institute, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK 5 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, UK 6 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Unive...

In order to improve the quality of patient care, while at the same time keeping up with the pace of increased needs of the population for healthcare services that directly impacts on the cost of care delivery processes, the Republic of Croatia, under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has formed a strategy and campaign for national public healthcare system reform. The ...

This special issue has its focus on the nation-state of India, healthcare system and health services. You may well ask why a India simple response would be that our colleagues from K. J. Somaiya Institute Management (K J SIM), Mumbai, approached Journal to see if we publish base articles were presented at 1st Annual Conference Healthcare conducted earlier this year by them......

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, the former CMS administrator who is president emeritus and senior fellow at Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses cost variation in cancer care found through digital classification system COTA Nodal Address.

W ̃hen compared with other developed countries, Canada sits solidly in the middle of the pack with respect to the quality of healthcare available to its citizens – rarely emerging as the front runner but rarely seen to be the laggard. These are the findings of Quality of Healthcare in Canada: A Chartbook, released by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) in partnership with th...