High Impact Articles

The best of International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Explore a selection of high impact research published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, featuring some of the most read, most cited, and most talked about articles, free to read online*.

Learning from high risk industries may not be straightforward: a qualitative study of the hierarchy of risk controls approach in healthcare

Elisa G Liberati, Mohammad Farhad Peerally, Mary Dixon-Woods

10.1093/intqhc/mzx163

Practical recommendations for the evaluation of improvement initiatives

Gareth Parry, Astou Coly, Don Goldmann, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzy021

Methods to measure quality of care and quality indicators through health facility surveys in low- and middle-income countries

Diego Rios-Zertuche, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Erin Palmisano, et al. 

10.1093/intqhc/mzy136

Measuring job satisfaction among healthcare staff in the United States: a confirmatory factor analysis of the Satisfaction of Employees in Health Care (SEHC) survey

Eva Chang, Julia Cohen, Benjamin Koethe, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzx012

Quality improvement and emerging global health priorities

Nana Mensah Abrampah, Shamsuzzoha Babar Syed, Lisa R Hirschhorn, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzy007

Patient perspectives on how physicians communicate diagnostic uncertainty: An experimental vignette study†

Viraj Bhise, Ashley N D Meyer, Shailaja Menon, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzx170

Team dynamics within quality improvement teams: a scoping review

Paula Rowland, Dean Lising, Lynne Sinclair, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzy045

Successful Healthcare Improvements From Translating Evidence in complex systems (SHIFT-Evidence): simple rules to guide practice and research

Julie E Reed, Cathy Howe, Cathal Doyle, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzy160

Criteria for evaluating programme theory diagrams in quality improvement initiatives: a structured method for appraisal

Laurel Issen, Thomas Woodcock, Christopher McNicholas, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzy063

Are root cause analyses recommendations effective and sustainable? An observational study

Peter D Hibbert, Matthew J W Thomas, Anita Deakin, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzx181

Beyond utilization: measuring effective coverage of obstetric care along the quality cascade

Elysia Larson, Daniel Vail, Godfrey M. Mbaruku,  et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzw141

What patients' complaints and praise tell the health practitioner: implications for health care quality. A qualitative research study

Katia Mattarozzi, Fiamma Sfrisi, Filippo Caniglia, et al. 

10.1093/intqhc/mzw139

What works in implementation of integrated care programs for older adults with complex needs? A realist review

Maritt Kirst, Jennifer Im, Tim Burns, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzx095

Consumer satisfaction with tertiary healthcare in China: findings from the 2015 China National Patient Survey

Jing Sun, Guangyu Hu, Jing Ma, et al.  

10.1093/intqhc/mzw160

Quality of child healthcare at primary healthcare facilities: a national assessment of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses in Afghanistan

Ghulam Farooq Mansoor, Paata Chikvaidze, Sherin Varkey, et al.

10.1093/intqhc/mzw135

*All articles have been made freely available online until 31 December 2019, or have been published open access.