title: [Towards evidence-based quality improvement].
abstract: Quality improvement has been an important topic in Danish health care during the past 20 years. Health care services research indicates that implementation of quality improvement strategies can improve the quality of care. Establishment of a research tradition within quality improvement is needed in order to systematically evaluate quality improvement strategies.
authors.affiliation: Aalborg Psykiatriske Sygehus, DK-9000 Alborg, Denmark. Jan.Mainz@rn.dk
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mainz
authors.forename: Søren Påske
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: Paul Daniel
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bartels
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care