[Caring for confused community dwelling seniors].

A qualitative research focused on contributing and obstructing factors for healthcare assistants in district nursing Older people with confused behavior have behavioral problems due to dementia, mental problems or social problems. For the Healthcare Assistant (HA) in district nursing, it is a daily challenge to care for older people with confused behavior. Aim of this research is to achieve an insight in the strategies the HA uses to deal with the daily care for older people with confused behavior.

[Evaluation by case managers dementia : An explorative practice based study on types and content].

Background: This practice based explorative study aims to provide insight into the ways in which case managers shape and fill up the evaluation phase of their support of the informal care network of persons with dementia.

Method: A combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. A group of 57 case managers of persons with dementia in three different organisational networks took part in this study.

Patients' expectations of variation in quality of care relates to their search for comparative performance information.

Background: Choice of hospital based on comparative performance information (CPI) was introduced for Dutch healthcare consumers at least 5 years ago, but CPI use has not yet become commonplace. Our aim was to assess the role of patients' expectations regarding variation in the quality of hospital care in determining whether they search for CPI.

Methods: A questionnaire (for a cross-sectional survey) was distributed to 475 orthopaedic patients in a consecutive sample, who underwent primary hip or knee replacement in a university, teaching, or community hospital between September 2009 and July 2010.

Comparative performance information plays no role in the referral behaviour of GPs.

Background: Comparative performance information (CPI) about the quality of hospital care is information used to identify high-quality hospitals and providers. As the gatekeeper to secondary care, the general practitioner (GP) can use CPI to reflect on the pros and cons of the available options with the patient and choose a provider best fitted to the patient's needs. We investigated how GPs view their role in using CPI to choose providers and support patients.

Exploring consumer values of comparative performance information for hospital choice.

Background: In many countries, market orientation in healthcare has resulted in the publication of comparative performance information (CPI). Most of the research in this field is oriented towards the content and the presentation format of CPI while little is known about how consumers value CPI and the use of this information.

Aim: The aim of this study was to clarify the perceived value that CPI brings for consumers of healthcare.

Recognition of physiotherapists' expertise in Parkinson's disease.

Background: Publicly available information comparing performance across quality and costs has proliferated in recent years, both about individual healthcare professionals and hospitals. This type of information is now becoming increasingly available for physiotherapists with expertise in Parkinson's disease (PD). Our study aimed to explore the ability of people with Parkinson's disease to recognise expertise, and to what extent respondents selectively choose such expert physiotherapists.

Performance measurements in diabetes care: the complex task of selecting quality indicators.

Purpose: To review the literature on the content and development of the sets of quality indicators used in studies on the quality of diabetes care in primary care settings.

Data Sources: The MEDLINE (Ovid), PubMed, PsychINFO, Embase and CINAHL databases were searched for relevant articles published up to January 2011.

Study Selection: and data extraction We included studies on the quality of adult diabetes care, using quality indicators.

Public release of performance data in changing the behaviour of healthcare consumers, professionals or organisations.

Background: It is becoming increasingly common to release information about the performance of hospitals, health professionals or providers, and healthcare organisations into the public domain. However, we do not know how this information is used and to what extent such reporting leads to quality improvement by changing the behaviour of healthcare consumers, providers and purchasers, or to what extent the performance of professionals and providers can be affected.

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of the public release of performance data in changing the behaviour of healthcare consumers, professionals and organisations.

How to promote healthy behaviours in patients? An overview of evidence for behaviour change techniques.

To identify the evidence for the effectiveness of behaviour change techniques, when used by health-care professionals, in accomplishing health-promoting behaviours in patients. Reviews were used to extract data at a study level. A taxonomy was used to classify behaviour change techniques.