Implementing clinical protocols in oncology: quality gaps and the learning curve phenomenon

Autor: Simos Kedikoglou, Nick Dessypris, Eleni Petridou, Konstantinos Syrigos, Fani Ploiarchopoulou, Yannis Skalkidis

Publikováno v: European Journal of Public Health. 15:368-371

Background: The quality improvement effort in clinical practice has focused mostly on ‘performance quality’, i.e. on the development of comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines. This study aimed to assess the ‘conformance quality’, i.e. the e

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https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki013

First experiences with patient safety initiatives in Greek rural primary care. Action research by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care

Autor: Fotini Dantsi, Aneez Esmail, Michel Wensing, Yannis Skalkidis, Arezina Manoli, Zafiria Sekeri, Drosos Evagelos, Trikoilis Nikolaos

Publikováno v: European Journal of General Practice, 21 Suppl, 69-71
European Journal of General Practice, 21 Suppl, pp. 69-71
The European Journal of General Practice

Contains fulltext : 155292.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) BACKGROUND: Accreditation of primary care organizations within Greece is still in its infancy. Our task in Greece was to attempt to introduce a patient safety initiative in a local

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Epidemiology of road traffic accidents during pleasure travelling: the evidence from the island of Crete

Autor: Yannis Skalkidis, Helen Askitopoulou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Dimitris Vourvahakis, Eleni Petridou

Publikováno v: Accident Analysis & Prevention. 29:687-693

During the six-month period April to September 1995, all 730 road traffic injury victims who contacted any of the three hospitals of the Heraklion District in the island of Crete, directly or through the Medical Emergency Transportation Network, were

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00038-9

Are Operative Delivery Procedures in Greece Socially Conditioned?

Autor: Dimitrios Trichopoulos, K. Revinthi, Eleni Petridou, Eugenia Papathoma, Donald Tong, Yannis Skalkidis

Publikováno v: International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 8:159-165

Caesarean section rates have increased in Greece by almost 50% during the last 13 years. We conducted a study in Athens, Greece, to assess the importance of a series of medical and socioeconomic factors in the use of Caesarean section or operative va

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Evolution and Distribution of Childhood Leukemia Mortality in Greece: Etiological Implications

Autor: V. Flytzani, Yannis Skalkidis, George Kotsifakis, Eleni Petridou, C C Hsieh, Dimitrios Trichopoulos

Publikováno v: The European Journal of Public Health. 2:29-33

The purpose of this study was to examine regional and temporal trends of childhood (0–14 years) mortality from leukemia in Greece and to explore whether there was any evidence of excess mortality or place clustering of childhood leukemia deaths in

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