The year of transparency: measuring quality of cardiac care.
The assessment of quality of care is becoming increasingly important in healthcare, both globally and in the Netherlands. The Dutch Minister of Health declared 2015 to be the year of transparency, thereby aiming to improve quality of care by transparent reporting of outcome data. With the increasing importance of transparency, knowledge on quality measurement will be essential for a cardiologist in daily clinical care. To that end, this paper provides a comprehensive overview of the Dutch healthcare structure, quality indicators and the current and future assessment of quality of cardiac care in the Netherlands.
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Eindhoven
Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Wierda
Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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de Bruijne
Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Amoroso
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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de Mol
Department of Cardiology, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
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Umans
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands. m.j.schalij@lumc.nl.
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Schalij
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Borleffs
Cardiovascular outcomes; Quality indicators; Quality of healthcare; Transparency