Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies

	About this book
	AHRQ Technical Reviews and Summaries
	9. v.1. Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Structured Abstract
	Summary
	Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Report
	Chapter 2. Evidence-based Review Methodology for the Closing the Quality Gap Series
	Chapter 3. Toward a Theoretic Basis for Quality Improvement Interventions
	Chapter 3 Figures
	References
	Tables
	Appendix A: National Priority Areas Summary with Key Associated Goals
	Appendix B: Search Strategy Exemplar: Quality Improvement and Hypertension
	Appendix C: Article Review Triage Forms (Exemplar: Diabetes)
	Appendix D: Full Article Review Abstraction Forms Stages 3 and 4 (Exemplar: Diabetes)

9. v.1. Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies

Techincal Review 9 Volume 1Series Overview and Methodology

Full Title:Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies: Volume 1Series Overview and Methodology

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0017

Prepared by:

Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center

Kaveh G. Shojania, M.D.

Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M.

Robert M. Wachter, M.D.

Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S.

Series Editors

Amy J. Markowitz, J.D.

Managing Editor

AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-1

August 2004

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials noted, for which further reproduction is prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.

Suggested Citation:

Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK. Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies, Volume 1Series Overview and Methodology. Technical Review 9 (Contract No. 290-02-0017 to the Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practices Center). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2004.