Peer-reviewed articles
- Pot, A. M., Kok, J., Schoonmade, L. J., & Bal, R. A. (2024). Regulation of long-term care for older persons: a scoping review of empirical research. International psychogeriatrics, 36(4), 289鈥305.
- Reijmerink, I., van der Laan, M. J., Dongelmans, D., Cnossen, F., & Leistikow, I. (2024). Role of medical regulators in physician wellness: leading or lagging? A brief report on physician wellness practices. BMJ leader, leader-2023-000828. Advance online publication.
- Reijmerink, I. M., Bos, K., Leistikow, I. P., Groeneweg, J., Cnossen, F., Dongelmans, D. A., & van der Laan, M. J. (2022). Performance variability in perioperative sentinel events: report on a nationwide data set. The British journal of surgery, 109(7), 573鈥575.
- Weenink, J. W., Wallenburg, I., Leistikow, I., & Bal, R. A. (2021). Publication of inspection frameworks: a qualitative study exploring the impact on quality improvement and regulation in three healthcare settings. BMJ quality & safety, 30(10), 804鈥811.
- Reid, A., Leistikow, I., Paniagua, M., Udekwu, P., & Letlape, K. (2021). Expecting the Unexpected. Journal of Medical Regulation, 107(3), 28-33.
- Bos, K., Dongelmans, D. A., Groeneweg, J., Legemate, D. A., Leistikow, I. P., & van der Laan, M. J. (2021). Criteria for recommendations after perioperative sentinel events. BMJ open quality, 10(3), e001493.
- van de Bovenkamp, H. M., Stoopendaal, A., Bochove, M. V., & Bal, R. (2020). Tackling the problem of regulatory pressure in Dutch elderly care: The need for recoupling to establish functional rules. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 124(3), 275鈥281.
- de Kam, D., van Bochove, M., & Bal, R. (2020). Disruptive life event or reflexive instrument? On the regulation of hospital mergers from a quality of care perspective. Journal of health organization and management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 10.1108/JHOM-03-2020-0067.
- de Bree, M., & Stoopendaal, A. (2020). De- and Recoupling and Public Regulation. Organization Studies, 41(5), 599-620.
- Van Dijk, P., Schellings, R., Essers, B. A., Kessels, A. G., Leistikow, I., & Zeegers, M. P. (2020). A discrete choice experiment to identify the most efficient quality indicators for the supervision of psychiatric hospitals. BMC Health Services Research, 20, 1-6.
- Wallenburg, I., Quartz, J., & Bal, R. (2019). Making hospitals governable: performativity and institutional work in ranking practices. Administration & Society, 51(4), 637-663
- Wallenburg, I., Weggelaar, A. M., & Bal, R. (2019). Walking the tightrope: how rebels 鈥渄o鈥 quality of care in healthcare organizations. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33(7-8), 869鈥883.
- Grimmelikhuijsen, S., Herkes, F., Leistikow, I., Verkroost, J., de Vries, F., & Zijlstra, W. G. (2021). Can decision transparency increase citizen trust in regulatory agencies? Evidence from a representative survey experiment. Regulation & Governance, 15(1), 17-31.
- Leistikow I. (2018). The proof of the pudding: The value of governmental regulation of healthcare quality and safety. Inaugural lecture. 糖心直播. /sites/corporate/files/2018-03/Leistikow_oratieboek_180615.pdf
- van de Bovenkamp, H. M., Stoopendaal, A., & Bal, R. (2017). Working with layers: The governance and regulation of healthcare quality in an institutionally layered system. Public policy and administration, 32(1), 45鈥65.
- Stoopendaal, A.M.V., de Bree M.A., Robben, P.B.M. (2016). Reconceptualizing regulation: Formative evaluation of an experiment with System-Based Regulation in Dutch healthcare. Evaluation. The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 22 (4), 394-409. ;
- Stoopendaal A.M.V. & Bovenkamp H.M van de (2015). The mutual shaping of governance and regulation of quality and safety in Dutch healthcare. Health Service Manage Research. 28(1-2), 9-15.
- van de Bovenkamp, H., de Mul, M., Quartz, J., Weggelaar-Jansen, A. M., & Bal, R. (2013). Institutional layering in governing healthcare quality. Public Administration, 92(1), 208鈥223.
- Kok, J., de Kam, D., Leistikow, I., Grit, K., & Bal, R. (2022). Epistemic Injustice in Incident Investigations: A Qualitative Study. Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy, 30(3-4), 254鈥274.
- McGrane, N., O'Regan, S., Dunbar, P., Dunnion, M., Leistikow, I., & Keyes, L. (2022). Management and reporting of safety incidents by residential care facilities in Ireland: A thematic analysis of statutory notifications. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e4936鈥揺4949.
- O'Regan, S., McGrane, N., Dunbar, P., Dunnion, M., Leistikow, I., & O'Connor, L. M. (2022). Public reporting of adverse events from long-term care facilities for older persons and people with disability in Ireland 2013-2019: development of an openly accessible database and descriptive analyses. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(8), 1328-1334.
- Amelink, Q., Roozen, S., Leistikow, I., & Weenink, J. W. (2021). Sexual abuse of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings: a 3-year analysis of incidents reported to the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate. BMJ open, 11(12), e053317.
- Kok, J., Leistikow, I., & Bal, R. (2018). Patient and family engagement in incident investigations: exploring hospital manager and incident investigators' experiences and challenges. Journal of health services research & policy, 23(4), 252鈥261.
- de Kam, D., Kok, J., Grit, K., Leistikow, I., Vlemminx, M., & Bal, R. (2020). How incident reporting systems can stimulate social and participative learning: A mixed-methods study. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 124(8), 834鈥841.
- de Kam, D., Grit, K., & Bal, R. (2019). Shared learning from incidents: A qualitative study into the perceived value of an external chair on incident investigation committees. Safety Science, 120, 57鈥66.
- Leistikow, I., Mulder, S., Vesseur, J., & Robben, P. (2017). Learning from incidents in healthcare: the journey, not the arrival, matters. BMJ quality & safety, 26(3), 252鈥256.
- Behr, L., Grit, K., Bal, R., & Robben, P. (2015). Framing and reframing critical incidents in hospitals. Health, Risk & Society, 17(1), 81鈥97.
- de Graaff, B., Rutz, S., Stoopendaal, A., & van de Bovenkamp, H. (2024). Involving citizens in regulation: A comparative qualitative study of four experimentalist cases of participatory regulation in Dutch health care. Regulation & Governance, 18(4), 1411-1425.
- Pot, A.M. (2022). Who can tell? Regulating Person-Centred Long-Term Care. Inaugural lecture. 糖心直播. /en/eshpm/media/2022-10-inaugural-lectureannemargrietpotengweb
- Kleefstra, S., senior advisor on user perspective, involvement, Leistikow, I., & inspector (2021). Turning patient engagement into the "new normal". BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 375, n2695.
- Wiig, S., Rutz, S., Boyd, A., Churruca, K., Kleefstra, S., Haraldseid-Driftland, C., Braithwaite, J., O'Hara, J., & van de Bovenkamp, H. (2020). What methods are used to promote patient and family involvement in healthcare regulation? A multiple case study across four countries. BMC health services research, 20(1), 616.
- de Graaff, M. B., Stoopendaal, A., & Leistikow, I. (2019). Transforming clients into experts-by-experience: A pilot in client participation in Dutch long-term elderly care homes inspectorate supervision. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 123(3), 275鈥280.
- Bouwman, R., de Graaff, B., de Beurs, D., van de Bovenkamp, H., Leistikow, I., & Friele, R. (2018). Involving Patients and Families in the Analysis of Suicides, Suicide Attempts, and Other Sentinel Events in Mental Healthcare: A Qualitative Study in The Netherlands. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(6), 1104.
- Rutz, S., van de Bovenkamp, H., Buitendijk, S., Robben, P., & de Bont, A. (2018). Inspectors' responses to adolescents' assessment of quality of care: a case study on involving adolescents in inspections. BMC health services research, 18(1), 226.
- Adams, S. A., van de Bovenkamp, H., & Robben, P. (2015). Including citizens in institutional reviews: expectations and experiences from the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate. Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 18(5), 1463鈥1473.
- Palimetaki, F., Woutersen, K., & Pot, A. M. (2023). Correlations between care users' and the healthcare inspectorate's ratings of the quality of care in long-term care homes. BMJ open quality, 12(1), e001897.
- Kok, Josje & Wallenburg, Iris & Leistikow, Ian & Bal, Roland. (2020). The doctor was rude, the toilets are dirty. Utilizing 'soft signals' in the regulation of patient safety. Safety Science. 131.
- Wallenburg, I., Ess茅n, A., & Bal, R. (2021). Caring for numbers: Performing healthcare practices through performance metrics in Sweden and The Netherlands. In Research in the Sociology of Organizations (pp. 153-172)
- Weenink, J. W., Wallenburg, I., Hartman, L., van Baarle, E., Leistikow, I., Widdershoven, G., & Bal, R. (2022). Role of the regulator in enabling a just culture: a qualitative study in mental health and hospital care. BMJ open, 12(7), e061321.
- de Kok, K., van der Scheer, W., Ketelaars, C., & Leistikow, I. (2023). Organizational attributes that contribute to the learning & improvement capabilities of healthcare organizations: a scoping review. BMC health services research, 23(1), 585.
- Weenink, J. W., Tresfon, J., van de Voort, I., van Muijden, T., Hamming, J., & Bal, R. (2023). Room for resilience: a qualitative study about accountability mechanisms in the relation between work-as-done (WAD) and work-as-imagined (WAI) in hospitals. BMC health services research, 23(1), 1048.
- Wiig, S., Aase, K., & Bal, R. (2021). Reflexive Spaces: Leveraging Resilience Into Healthcare Regulation and Management. Journal of patient safety, 17(8), e1681鈥揺1684.
- Leistikow, I., & Bal, R. A. (2020). Resilience and regulation, an odd couple? Consequences of Safety-II on governmental regulation of healthcare quality. BMJ quality & safety, 29(10), 1鈥2.
- van Oijen, J. C. F., Grit, K. J., Bos, W. J. W., & Bal, R. (2021). Assuring data quality in investigator-initiated trials in dutch hospitals: Balancing between mentoring and monitoring. Accountability in Research, 29(8), 483鈥511.
- van Oijen, J. C. F., Wallenburg, I., Bal, R., & Grit, K. J. (2020). Institutional work to maintain, repair, and improve the regulatory regime: How actors respond to external challenges in the public supervision of ongoing clinical trials in the Netherlands. PloS one, 15(7), e0236545.
- van Oijen, J. C. F., Grit, K. J., van de Bovenkamp, H. M., & Bal, R. A. (2017). Effects of EU harmonization policies on national public supervision of clinical trials: A dynamic cycle of institutional change and institutional work. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 121(9), 971鈥977.
PhD theses
Books
- Leistikow I. Prevention is better than cure, learning from adverse events in healthcare. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2017.



