Variance Analysis for Care Path Outcomes Management

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-25

  Whipple, Thomas W ^b   Little, Ann B ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Critical care path; Measurement; Outcomes management; Prospective analysis; Retrospective analysis; Variance analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031253690     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199710000-00005     Document Type: Article

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