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This article is published in Rheumatology.The article was published on 1989-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 869 citations till now.read more
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What's measured is what matters: targets and gaming in the English public health care system
Gwyn Bevan,Christopher Hood +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the robustness of the regime of targets and terror to these assumptions using evidence from the English public health service on reported successes, problems of measurement, and gaming.
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Using conjoint analysis to elicit preferences for health care.
Mandy Ryan,Shelley Farrar +1 more
TL;DR: This paper explains conjoint analysis, provides examples of applications in health care which were obtained from a systematic review of databases between 1989 and 1999, and uses a study in orthodontic care to show the uses and pitfalls of the technique.
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Organisational culture and quality of health care
TL;DR: This paper addresses the issue of how cultural change needs to be wrought alongside structural reorganisation and systems reform to bring about a culture in which excellence can flourish in such a complex system as health care.
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Interrupted time series designs in health technology assessment: lessons from two systematic reviews of behavior change strategies.
TL;DR: A framework for appraising ITS designs is illustrated, and more widespread adoption of this framework would strengthen reviews that use ITS designs.
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Ethnicity as a variable in epidemiological research.
Peter A. Senior,Raj Bhopal +1 more
TL;DR: This work identifies four fundamental problems with ethnicity in research: the difficulties of measurement, the heterogeneity of the populations being studied, lack of clarity about the research purpose, and ethnocentricity affecting the interpretation and use of data.