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Overview

Gert P. Westert is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and health professions, with an emphasis on several specialized subfields including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, economics and econometrics, emergency medicine, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics covered in Westert's work include healthcare cost, quality, and practices; health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life; clinical practice guidelines implementation; palliative care and end-of-life issues; emergency and acute care studies; healthcare policy and management; and chronic disease management strategies.

Westert has contributed to a variety of publications, frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Primary Care
  • International Journal for Quality in Health Care
  • BMJ Open Quality
  • BMC Health Services Research

Some of Westert's recent papers include:

  • Understanding unwarranted variation in clinical practice: a focus on network effects, reflective medicine and learning health systems, 2020, International Journal for Quality in Health Care
  • Identifying and de-implementing low-value care in primary care: the GP's perspective-a cross-sectional survey, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Euthanasia in the Netherlands: a claims data cross-sectional study of geographical variation, 2021, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
  • Web-Based Educational Intervention for Patients With Uninvestigated Dyspepsia Referred for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy, 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Increased adherence to perioperative safety guidelines associated with improved patient safety outcomes: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised multicentre trial, 2022, British Journal of Anaesthesia

Their frequent collaborators include Simone A. van Dulmen, Rudolf B Kool, Stef Groenewoud, Femke Atsma, and Eva W. Verkerk.

Best Publications

  • A conceptual framework for the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators Project.

    Onyebuchi A. Arah;Gert P. Westert;Jeremy Hurst;Niek S. Klazinga

  • The Netherlands: health system review

    W. Schäfer;M. Kroneman;W. Boerma;M. van den Berg

  • Why don't physicians adhere to guideline recommendations in practice? An analysis of barriers among Dutch general practitioners.

    Marjolein Lugtenberg;Judith M Zegers-van Schaick;Gert P Westert;Jako S Burgers

  • Effects of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on quality of care: a systematic review

    M Lugtenberg;J S Burgers;G P Westert

  • Tweede Nationale Studie naar ziekten en verrichtingen in de huisartspraktijk: klachten en aandoeningen in de bevolking en in de huisartspraktijk.

    M.W. van der Linden;G.P. Westert;D. de Bakker;F. Schellevis

  • Monitoring health inequalities through general practice: the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice.

    G.P. Westert;F.G. Schellevis;D.H. de Bakker;P.P. Groenewegen

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

    Jeroen N Struijs;Caroline A Baan;Francois G Schellevis;Gert P Westert

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

    Marjolein Lugtenberg;Marjolein Lugtenberg;Jako S Burgers;Casper F Besters;Dolly Han

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

    Maartje De Vos;Wilco Graafmans;Mieneke Kooistra;Bert Meijboom

  • Current Guidelines Have Limited Applicability to Patients with Comorbid Conditions: A Systematic Analysis of Evidence-Based Guidelines

    Marjolein Lugtenberg;Jako S. Burgers;Carolyn Clancy;Gert P. Westert;Gert P. Westert

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

    Nancy Hoeymans;Anna A Garssen;Gert P Westert;Peter F M Verhaak

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

    Willemijn L A Schäfer;W G Wienke Boerma;Dionne S Kringos;Jan De Maeseneer

  • Integrating the Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Both Clinical Practice and Performance Measurement: Views of Experts from 3 Countries

    Philip J. Van Der Wees;Philip J. Van Der Wees;Philip J. Van Der Wees;Maria W.G. Nijhuis-Van Der Sanden;John Z. Ayanian;John Z. Ayanian;Nick Black

  • Organizational aspects of primary care related to avoidable hospitalization: a systematic review.

    Tessa van Loenen;Michael J van den Berg;Gert P Westert;Marjan J Faber

  • Systematic review of high-cost patients’ characteristics and healthcare utilisation

    Joost Johan Godert Wammes;Philip J van der Wees;Marit A C Tanke;Gert P Westert

  • The health status of the Dutch population as assessed by the EQ-6D.

    N. Hoeymans;H. van Lindert;G. P. Westert

  • Quality measurement at intensive care units: which indicators should we use?

    Maartje de Vos;Wilco Graafmans;Els Keesman;Gert Westert

  • The Prevalence of Disease Clusters in Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Diseases – A Systematic Literature Review

    Judith Sinnige;Jozé Braspenning;François Schellevis;Irina Stirbu-Wagner

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

    Gert P Westert;Ronald J Lagoe;Ilmo Keskimäki;Alastair Leyland

  • Leadership and governance in seven developed health systems

    Peter C. Smith;Anders Anell;Reinhard Busse;Luca Crivelli

  • Dutch Health Care Performance Report 2008

    G.P. Westert;M.J. van den Berg;Xander Koolman;H. Verkleij

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter P. Groenewegen
Peter P. Groenewegen Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
Caroline A. Baan
Caroline A. Baan Tilburg University
Onyebuchi A. Arah
Onyebuchi A. Arah University of California, Los Angeles
Jeroen Smits
Jeroen Smits Radboud University
Karien Stronks
Karien Stronks University of Amsterdam
Teresa Norat
Teresa Norat Imperial College London
Jozien M. Bensing
Jozien M. Bensing Utrecht University

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