Validation of outcomes through the analysis of the process-outcome relation: Limitations

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-113

  Silva, Leticia Krauss ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effectiveness analysis; Process outcome relation; Validation of outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAZIL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030988162     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/9.2.101     Document Type: Article

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