List of works - Gert P Westert

A multifaceted look at time of admission and its impact on case-fatality among a cohort of ischaemic stroke patients

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An international study of hospital readmissions and related utilization in Europe and the USA.

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An online health community for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a pilot study

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Barriers and facilitators to improve safety and efficiency of the ICU discharge process: a mixed methods study

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Behavior change in a lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention in Dutch primary care: opportunities for intervention content.

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Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals

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Community wide electronic distribution of summary health care utilization data

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Comorbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus: impact on medical health care utilization

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Comparative performance information plays no role in the referral behaviour of GPs.

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Cost-effectiveness of a new strategy to identify uncomplicated gallstone disease patients that will benefit from a cholecystectomy

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Current and future developments in managed care in the United States and implications for Europe

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Current guidelines have limited applicability to patients with comorbid conditions: a systematic analysis of evidence-based guidelines

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Differences in patient outcomes and chronic care management of oral anticoagulant therapy: an explorative study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 27, 2011

Do decision support systems influence variation in prescription?

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Do list size and remuneration affect GPs' decisions about how they provide consultations?

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Does managed care make a difference? Physicians' length of stay decisions under managed and non-managed care

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Effects of hospital delivery during off-hours on perinatal outcome in several subgroups: a retrospective cohort study

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Effects of patient safety auditing in hospital care: results of a mixed-method evaluation (part 1)

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Electronic daily reporting of community-wide healthcare information

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Evaluating the uptake and effects of the computerized decision support system NHGDoc on quality of primary care: protocol for a large-scale cluster randomized controlled trial

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Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: a planning approach

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Evaluation of the COPDnet integrated care model in patients with COPD: the study protocol

article published in 2018

Exploring consumer values of comparative performance information for hospital choice

scientific article published on January 2014

Fifty ways to reduce length of stay: an inventory of how hospital staff would reduce the length of stay in their hospital

scientific article published on 02 February 2012

Guidelines on uncomplicated urinary tract infections are difficult to follow: perceived barriers and suggested interventions

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Health disparities by occupation, modified by education: a cross-sectional population study

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Health system outcomes and determinants amenable to public health in industrialized countries: a pooled, cross-sectional time series analysis

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Identifying and prioritizing lower value services from Dutch specialist guidelines and a comparison with the UK do-not-do list

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Implementation of a lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention in Dutch primary care: opportunities for intervention delivery ⬇️

scientific article published on August 8, 2012

Implementing quality indicators in intensive care units: exploring barriers to and facilitators of behaviour change

scientific article

Importance and Presence of High-Quality Evidence for Clinical Decisions in Neurosurgery: International Survey of Neurosurgeons

Improving outcomes with community-wide distribution of health care data

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Inter-practice variation in polypharmacy prevalence amongst older patients in primary care

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Labour intensity of guidelines may have a greater effect on adherence than GPs' workload

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Legal rights of client councils and their role in policy of long-term care organisations in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 12 September 2011

Limit, lean or listen? A typology of low-value care that gives direction in de-implementation.

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Managing hospital length of stay reduction: a multihospital approach

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): A systematic review

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Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; the hospital standardized mortality rate between 2003 and 2005

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Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5

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Medical practice variation: public reporting a first necessary step to spark change

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Medication management strategy for older people with polypharmacy in general practice: a qualitative study on prescribing behaviour in primary care

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Mortality in Dutch hospitals: trends in time, place and cause of death after admission for myocardial infarction and stroke. An observational study

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Multimorbidity patterns in a primary care population aged 55 years and over

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Needs and barriers to improve the collaboration in oral anticoagulant therapy: a qualitative study

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Patients' expectations of variation in quality of care relates to their search for comparative performance information

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Patients' experiences of the quality of long-term care among the elderly: comparing scores over time.

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Perceived barriers to guideline adherence: A survey among general practitioners ⬇️

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

Persistent abdominal pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with increased healthcare consumption and sick leave.

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Persistent and de novo symptoms after cholecystectomy: a systematic review of cholecystectomy effectiveness

scientific article

Process evaluation of the effects of patient safety auditing in hospital care (part 2)

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Propensity to seek healthcare in different healthcare systems: analysis of patient data in 34 countries

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QUALICOPC, a multi-country study evaluating quality, costs and equity in primary care

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Recognition of physiotherapists' expertise in Parkinson's disease

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Reducing potentially preventable complications at the multi hospital level ⬇️

scientific article published on July 29, 2011

The COPDnet integrated care model

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

The Netherlands: health system review

scientific article

The development of a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with obstructive sleep apnea: the Patient-Reported Apnea Questionnaire (PRAQ)

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The prevalence of disease clusters in older adults with multiple chronic diseases--a systematic literature review

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Unexpectedly long hospital stays as an indicator of risk of unsafe care: an exploratory study

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Using quality indicators to improve hospital care: a review of the literature

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Utilization of health resources due to low back pain: survey and registered data compared

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Variation in hospital length of stay: do physicians adapt their length of stay decisions to what is usual in the hospital where they work?

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Variations in Dutch National Medical Registration hardly affect the hospital standardised mortality rate (HSMR)

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List of works by Gert P Westert

A multifaceted look at time of admission and its impact on case-fatality among a cohort of ischaemic stroke patients

An international study of hospital readmissions and related utilization in Europe and the USA.

An online health community for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a pilot study

Barriers and facilitators to improve safety and efficiency of the ICU discharge process: a mixed methods study

Behavior change in a lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention in Dutch primary care: opportunities for intervention content.

Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals

Community wide electronic distribution of summary health care utilization data

Comorbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus: impact on medical health care utilization

Comparative performance information plays no role in the referral behaviour of GPs.

Cost-effectiveness of a new strategy to identify uncomplicated gallstone disease patients that will benefit from a cholecystectomy

Current and future developments in managed care in the United States and implications for Europe

Current guidelines have limited applicability to patients with comorbid conditions: a systematic analysis of evidence-based guidelines

Differences in patient outcomes and chronic care management of oral anticoagulant therapy: an explorative study ⬇️

Do decision support systems influence variation in prescription?

Do list size and remuneration affect GPs' decisions about how they provide consultations?

Does managed care make a difference? Physicians' length of stay decisions under managed and non-managed care

Effects of hospital delivery during off-hours on perinatal outcome in several subgroups: a retrospective cohort study

Effects of patient safety auditing in hospital care: results of a mixed-method evaluation (part 1)

Electronic daily reporting of community-wide healthcare information

Evaluating the uptake and effects of the computerized decision support system NHGDoc on quality of primary care: protocol for a large-scale cluster randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: a planning approach

Evaluation of the COPDnet integrated care model in patients with COPD: the study protocol

Exploring consumer values of comparative performance information for hospital choice

Fifty ways to reduce length of stay: an inventory of how hospital staff would reduce the length of stay in their hospital

Guidelines on uncomplicated urinary tract infections are difficult to follow: perceived barriers and suggested interventions

Health disparities by occupation, modified by education: a cross-sectional population study

Health system outcomes and determinants amenable to public health in industrialized countries: a pooled, cross-sectional time series analysis

Identifying and prioritizing lower value services from Dutch specialist guidelines and a comparison with the UK do-not-do list

Implementation of a lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention in Dutch primary care: opportunities for intervention delivery ⬇️

Implementing quality indicators in intensive care units: exploring barriers to and facilitators of behaviour change

Importance and Presence of High-Quality Evidence for Clinical Decisions in Neurosurgery: International Survey of Neurosurgeons

Improving outcomes with community-wide distribution of health care data

Inter-practice variation in polypharmacy prevalence amongst older patients in primary care

Labour intensity of guidelines may have a greater effect on adherence than GPs' workload

Legal rights of client councils and their role in policy of long-term care organisations in the Netherlands

Limit, lean or listen? A typology of low-value care that gives direction in de-implementation.

Managing hospital length of stay reduction: a multihospital approach

Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): A systematic review

Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; the hospital standardized mortality rate between 2003 and 2005

Measuring mental health of the Dutch population: a comparison of the GHQ-12 and the MHI-5

Medical practice variation: public reporting a first necessary step to spark change

Medication management strategy for older people with polypharmacy in general practice: a qualitative study on prescribing behaviour in primary care

Mortality in Dutch hospitals: trends in time, place and cause of death after admission for myocardial infarction and stroke. An observational study

Multimorbidity patterns in a primary care population aged 55 years and over

Needs and barriers to improve the collaboration in oral anticoagulant therapy: a qualitative study

Patients' expectations of variation in quality of care relates to their search for comparative performance information

Patients' experiences of the quality of long-term care among the elderly: comparing scores over time.

Perceived barriers to guideline adherence: A survey among general practitioners ⬇️

Persistent abdominal pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with increased healthcare consumption and sick leave.

Persistent and de novo symptoms after cholecystectomy: a systematic review of cholecystectomy effectiveness

Process evaluation of the effects of patient safety auditing in hospital care (part 2)

Propensity to seek healthcare in different healthcare systems: analysis of patient data in 34 countries

QUALICOPC, a multi-country study evaluating quality, costs and equity in primary care

Recognition of physiotherapists' expertise in Parkinson's disease

Reducing potentially preventable complications at the multi hospital level ⬇️

The COPDnet integrated care model

The Netherlands: health system review

The development of a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with obstructive sleep apnea: the Patient-Reported Apnea Questionnaire (PRAQ)

The prevalence of disease clusters in older adults with multiple chronic diseases--a systematic literature review

Unexpectedly long hospital stays as an indicator of risk of unsafe care: an exploratory study

Using quality indicators to improve hospital care: a review of the literature

Utilization of health resources due to low back pain: survey and registered data compared

Variation in hospital length of stay: do physicians adapt their length of stay decisions to what is usual in the hospital where they work?

Variations in Dutch National Medical Registration hardly affect the hospital standardised mortality rate (HSMR)