@article{Buescher2010,
  author    = {Andreas B{\"u}scher},
  title     = {Public reporting, expert standards and indicators : different routes to improve the quality of German long-term care},
  series   = {Eurohealth : quarterly of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies},
  volume    = {16},
  number    = {2},
  pages     = {4 -- 7},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {To ensure the quality of long-term care services has been one of the key elements of German long-term care insurance since its implementation in 1995. A joint agreement between insurers and service providers served as the baseline for quality assurance. Monitoring and control of quality in institutional and home based long-term care was performed by the insurers’ Medical Board. As a result of problems in some long-term care facilities reported in the media the Long-term Care System Reform Act of 2008 contained several provisions to ensure and improve the quality of services. The obligatory use of expert standards for the performance of particular nursing interventions and the establishment of a system of public reporting were the first measures implemented. The development of quality indicators has also been initiated. These routes to quality, their anticipated effects and remaining challenges will be addressed in this article.},
  language  = {en}
}