Sheila Leatherman
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Sheila Leatherman's Degrees
- PhD Public Health Johns Hopkins University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sheila Tayback Leatherman, Hon. CBE, Hon FRCP , is Professor in Global Health at the University of North Carolina UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health whose professional experience stretches across the breadth of health care management, public health and health policy with expertise in quality of care, performance improvement in the health sector, and health systems reforms. She has worked with over 50 countries globally.
Sheila Leatherman's Published Works
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Published Works
- The public release of performance data: what do we expect to gain? A review of the evidence. (2000) (943)
- Performance measurement for health system improvement : experiences, challenges and prospects (2010) (528)
- The business case for quality: case studies and an analysis. (2003) (373)
- Public Reporting in Health Care: How Do Consumers Use Quality-of-Care Information?: A Systematic Review (2009) (323)
- Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage (2018) (306)
- The role of quality improvement in strengthening health systems in developing countries. (2010) (209)
- Using Claims Data for Epidemiologic Research: The Concordance of Claims-Based Criteria With the Medical Record and Patient Survey for Identifying a Hypertensive Population (1993) (204)
- Impact of Targeted Financial Incentives on Personal Health Behavior (2008) (182)
- Lessons From Evaluations of Purchaser Pay-for-Performance Programs (2008) (164)
- The Appropriateness of Hysterectomy: A Comparison of Care in Seven Health Plans (1993) (163)
- Complex interventions or complex systems? Implications for health economic evaluation (2008) (138)
- The OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project: history and background. (2006) (111)
- Review Article: Effectiveness of Patient Care Teams and the Role of Clinical Expertise and Coordination (2009) (110)
- Integrating microfinance and health strategies: examining the evidence to inform policy and practice. (2012) (100)
- Performance Measurement for Health System Improvement (2010) (94)
- Integrating group counseling, cell phone messaging, and participant-generated songs and dramas into a microcredit program increases Nigerian women's adherence to international breastfeeding recommendations. (2014) (92)
- Linking health to microfinance to reduce poverty. (2010) (86)
- Improving performance using indicators. Recent experiences in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. (2001) (85)
- The quest for quality in the NHS : a mid-term evaluation of the ten-year quality agenda (2003) (75)
- The evolution of healthcare quality measurement in the United States (2016) (73)
- Public disclosure of performance data: learning from the US experience (2000) (71)
- Regulation and quality improvement A review of the evidence (2006) (69)
- OECD Health Care Quality Indicator Project. The expert panel on primary care prevention and health promotion. (2006) (67)
- Dying to Know: Public Release of Information about Quality of Health Care (2000) (67)
- The Quest for Quality in the NHS (2005) (63)
- Quality of care in frail older people: the fragile balance between receiving and giving (2011) (60)
- Quality of Health Care in the United States: A Chartbook (2002) (57)
- Quality improvement in the developing world. (2002) (52)
- The insufficiency of evidence to establish the business case for quality. (2005) (51)
- Does certification improve medical standards? (2006) (47)
- How to develop a business case for quality. (2007) (47)
- Public disclosure of health care performance reports: experience, evidence and issues for policy. (1999) (46)
- Evolving quality in the new NHS: policy, process, and pragmatic considerations. (1998) (37)
- Vijana Vijiweni II: a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention for HIV and intimate partner violence prevention among social networks of young men in Dar es Salaam (2015) (37)
- The quest for quality : refining the NHS reforms : a policy analysis and chartbook (2008) (37)
- Designing national quality reforms: a framework for action. (2007) (37)
- Quality of care in the NHS of England (2004) (37)
- Strengthening the quality agenda in health care in low- and middle-income countries: questions to consider. (2012) (37)
- Selecting Indicators for the Quality of Health Promotion, Prevention and Primary Care at the Health Systems Level in OECD Countries (2004) (37)
- Establishing National Goals for Quality Improvement (2003) (37)
- Health of the public: The private-sector challenge. (1996) (35)
- consultancy for the National Clinical Guideline Centre and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed. (2015) (33)
- Paying for Quality: Understanding and Assessing Physician Pay-for-Performance Initiatives. (2007) (32)
- Quality or financing: what drives design of the health care system? (2003) (32)
- Evaluating the effect of integrated microfinance and health interventions: an updated review of the evidence (2017) (31)
- Optimizing quality collaboratives (2002) (30)
- The Business Case for Preconception Care: Methods and Issues (2006) (29)
- A Research Agenda to Advance Quality Measurement and Improvement (2003) (28)
- Afghanistan's national strategy for improving quality in health care (2013) (27)
- Quality screening and management using claims data in a managed care setting. (1991) (27)
- Quality of Health Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: A Chartbook (2005) (26)
- Providing primary health care through integrated microfinance and health services in Latin America. (2015) (25)
- Charting the way forward to better quality health care: how do we get there and what are the next steps? Recommendations from the Salzburg Global Seminar on making health care better in low- and middle-income economies. (2012) (23)
- Implementing Innovations in Global Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health: Realizing the Potential for Implementation Science. (2018) (22)
- Public Reporting of Performance: Lessons from the USA (2000) (21)
- The National Quality Forum: a 'me-too' or a breakthrough in quality measurement and reporting? (1999) (21)
- Quality of Care for Children and Adolescents: A Chartbook (2004) (21)
- Group cell phones are feasible and acceptable for promoting optimal breastfeeding practices in a women's microcredit program in Nigeria (2017) (20)
- HEALTH FINANCING: A NEW ROLE FOR MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS? (2013) (20)
- Patient and Public Experience in the NHS (2007) (18)
- Achieving high-quality universal health coverage: a perspective from the National Health Service in England (2018) (17)
- Evaluating the effect of integrated microfinance and health interventions: an updated review of the evidence. (2017) (17)
- Health of the Public (1996) (16)
- OECD Health Care Quality Indicator Project (2006) (16)
- Benefits, Challenges and Reflections for Moving Forward (2011) (15)
- Searching for a business case for quality in Medicaid managed care. (2008) (15)
- The OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project (2006) (14)
- Medical Practice Profiling: Concepts and Caveats (1995) (14)
- Dying to Know (2000) (14)
- Effectiveness of Decision Aids (2008) (14)
- Improving the quality of health care across the health system (2018) (13)
- Improving the delivery of safe and effective healthcare in low and middle income countries (2012) (13)
- INNOVATIONS AND BARRIERS IN HEALTH MICROINSURANCE (2010) (12)
- Physicians' assessment and competence: USA and UK (2006) (12)
- Improving quality in British primary care: seeking the right balance. (2002) (11)
- Quality healthcare in extreme adversity: Developing a framework for action. (2020) (11)
- Stewardship of quality of care in health systems: Core functions, common pitfalls, and potential solutions (2018) (11)
- Microfinance and health interventions: Factors influencing loan repayment success with young men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2018) (10)
- Value for money in the English NHS: Summary of the evidence (2006) (10)
- Accelerating Global Improvements in Health Care Quality. (2020) (9)
- Public Disclosure of Performance Data (2000) (9)
- The NHS through American eyes (2000) (9)
- Quality health care in extreme adversity-an action framework. (2019) (9)
- Improving quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings (2020) (8)
- Performance measurement for health system improvement: Targets and performance measurement (2010) (8)
- APPLYING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO HEALTH SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT (2001) (8)
- Chartbook: shining a light on the quality of healthcare in Canada: what can be learned to catalyze improvements in healthcare quality? (2012) (8)
- Using report cards to grade health plan quality. (1994) (8)
- Using microfinance to facilitate household investment in sanitation in rural Cambodia. (2016) (6)
- The quest for quality in the English NHS: strategic and policy issues (2004) (6)
- Performance measurement for health system improvement: Principles of performance measurement (2010) (5)
- Full Length Research Article INTEGRATING MICROFINANCE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS: A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF EVIDENCES FROM INDIA (2014) (5)
- International collaboration: harnessing differences to meet common needs in improving quality of care (2000) (5)
- Quality evaluation in a managed care system: comparative data to assess health plan performance. (1993) (5)
- Bridging the quality gap: stroke (2008) (5)
- Quality improvement in maternal, neonatal and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A look at five resource-poor countries (2020) (4)
- Steadying the NHS (2006) (4)
- The quality-of-care agenda in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings (2021) (4)
- Strategy to improve the quality of care in England (2016) (4)
- Report Cards for Health Care: Is Anyone Checking Them? (2002) (4)
- Quality of health care and patient safety in extreme adversity settings in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a qualitative multicountry assessment. (2021) (3)
- Public Reporting of Performance (2000) (2)
- Measuring up: Performance indicators for better healthcare (2001) (2)
- Safety in fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable settings: An evidence scanning approach for identifying patient safety interventions (2022) (2)
- Regulating Healthcare: a Prescription for Improvement? (2004) (2)
- Report Cards for Health Care (2002) (2)
- Quality of care should be a core consideration in health systems recovery from COVID-19 (2021) (1)
- A framework for evaluating government quality initiatives: the Wimpole Street principles. (2000) (1)
- The urgent need to identify and evaluate patient safety interventions in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings (2021) (1)
- Improving quality of care in conflict settings: access and infrastructure are fundamental. (2019) (1)
- Responsive health services and quality care in settings of extreme adversity: the case of central and northern Iraq (2019) (1)
- Implementation Research on Measuring Quality in Primary Care: Balancing National Needs With Learning From the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (2021) (0)
- The role of digital innovation in improving healthcare quality in extreme adversity: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study (2022) (0)
- Sheila Leatherman on healthcare policy and evaluation and international quality agendas. Interview by Patti Klingel. (2001) (0)
- Gathering systematic information on health plans: an interview with Sheila Leatherman. Interview by Elizabeth A McGlynn. (1993) (0)
- Thinking: project management in health computing (1989) (0)
- InnOvatIOnS and BarrIerS (2010) (0)
- for-performance initiatives (2007) (0)
- ISQUA17-3337IMPROVING CARE IN COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN CRISES: A PROCESS EVALUATION OF MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES’ APPROACH TO QUALITY (2017) (0)
- Maternal and Child Nutrition Volume 13. (2017) (0)
- 本期 摘 要 * Investigating the remuneration of healthworkers in the DR Congo : implications for the health workforce and the health system in afragile setting 调 查 (2016) (0)
- Feasibility assessment of WHO global health indicators within a medical humanitarian context (2019) (0)
- Decision Aids — What Do They Do ? (2010) (0)
- Re: The quest for quality in the NHS: still searching? (2017) (0)
- Performance measurement for health system improvement: Acknowledgements (2010) (0)
- How to improve patient safety in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings: a Delphi study protocol (2021) (0)
- Health Affairs in quality measurement and reporting ? The National Quality Forum : a ' me-too ' or a breakthrough (2001) (0)
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