Quality in Primary Care Open Access

Editorial

Using quality improvement methods for evaluating health care

• A Niroshan Siriwardena

Guest Editorial

Primary care research: time for some new questions?

• Richard Baker, Arch G Mainous

Research Paper

Measuring mechanisms for quality assurance in primary care systems in transition: test of a new instrument in Slovenia and Uzbekistan

• Dionne Sofia Kringos, Wienke Boerma, Martina Pellny

Research Paper

Financial incentives linked to self-assessment of prescribing patterns: a new approach for quality improvement of drug prescribing in primary care

• Bjorn Wettermark, Ake Pehrsson, Maria Juhasz-Haverinen, Aniko Veg, Maria Edlert, Gunilla Tornwall-Bergendahl, Henrik Almkvist, Brian Godman, Fredrik Granath, Ulf Bergman

Research Paper

Effectiveness of an intervention to improve the documentation required for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in clinics serving African-American patients

• Qiuping Pan

Research Paper

Communication about work between general practitioners and patients consulting for musculoskeletal disorders

• Harm Jan A Weevers, Allard J van der Beek, Atie van den Brink-Muinen, Jozien Bensing, Cecile RL Boot, Willem van Mechelen

Quality Improvement Report

Using quality-improvement techniques to enhance patient education and counselling of diagnosis and management

• Mohammad Hassan Murad, Prathibha Varkey, Airani Sathananthan, Amanda Scheifer, Sumit Bhagra, Akira Fujiyoshi, Andrea Tom

International Exchange

Association between satisfaction and stress with aspects of job and practice management among primary care physicians

• Giampiero Mazzaglia, Francesco Lapi, Caterina Silvestri, Lorenzo Roti, Saffi Ettore Giustini, Eva Buiatti

International Exchange

The organisation of primary care in Europe: Part 2 Agenda – position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care

• Geoffrey Meads

Letter to Editor

Lifestyle factors in multiple sclerosis; a common mechanism?

• MJ Quinn

Review Article

Nothing personal: disturbing undercurrents in cancer care

• Mitzi Blennerhassett