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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>NIVEL - Netherlands institute for health services research - RSS feed</title><link>http://www.nivel.eu</link><description>The latest news and publications from NIVEL</description><language>en-uk</language><generator>nivel feed generator</generator><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:32:31 UTC</pubDate><item><title>Albuminuria-program increases awareness</title><link>http://www.nivel.nl/oc2/page.asp?PageID=16787&amp;referer=rss</link><author>webmaster@nivel.nl</author><description><![CDATA[A nationwide albuminuria self-test program of the Dutch Kidney Foundation resulted in an increasing number of newly diagnosed renal complaints and diseases by the general practitioner (GP) the year after the program. Apparently, the self-test program increased the awareness on renal diseases of both GPs and patients according to a recently published NIVEL study in BMC Family Practice.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:00:00 UTC</pubDate></item><item><title>NIVEL participates in WHO meeting in Istanbul </title><link>http://www.nivel.nl/oc2/page.asp?PageID=16775&amp;referer=rss</link><author>webmaster@nivel.nl</author><description><![CDATA[NIVEL has been supporting WHO Euro with the surveillance of influenza in Eastern Europe since 2008.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:00:00 UTC</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital mortality ratio needs improvement</title><link>http://www.nivel.nl/oc2/page.asp?PageID=16776&amp;referer=rss</link><author>webmaster@nivel.nl</author><description><![CDATA[Prior to implementing the hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) for hospital comparisons and improvement of quality of care, some adaptations need to be made. HSMR is a promising instrument, however, the current measurement is too distorted by factors other than quality of care. This conclusion was drawn by Wim van den Bosch in his thesis defended on November 2 2011 at the VUmc in Amsterdam, based on a study at Santeon and supervised at NIVEL.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:00:00 UTC</pubDate></item><item><title>Collaboration of WHO: under construction </title><link>http://www.nivel.nl/oc2/page.asp?PageID=16760&amp;referer=rss</link><author>webmaster@nivel.nl</author><description><![CDATA[On 14/10/2011 the three WHO Collaborating Centres on Primary Health Care based in Europe and a representative of the WHO Regional Office for&nbsp;Europe gathered in Ghent (Belgium) to get acquaintanced with each other’s work and to explore future collaborations. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:00:00 UTC</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

