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________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 21 January 2010 13:40 To: Christine Rivett-Carnac Subject: Annual Health Services Research Lecture 01/03/10 For your information: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> THE LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY 24th Annual Health Services Research Lecture COMPARING APPLES AND PEARS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF QUALITY OF CARE Niek Klazinga Academic Medical Centre University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Niek Klazinga is Professor of Social Medicine at the University of Amsterdam and coordinates the Health Care Quality Indicator Project at the Office of Economic Cooperation & Development in Paris. In his lecture he will consider some of the challenges in comparing the quality of health care in different countries, illustrating why what appears to many to be a straightforward exercise is fraught with difficulties. Monday 1st March 2010 5.30pm John Snow Lecture Theatre ----------------------------------- Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/planningAndCorporatePolicy/legalandComplianceTeam/legal/disclaimer.htm