What do health authorities think of population based health outcome indicators?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-97

  McColl, Alastair ^a,b   Roderick, Paul ^a   Gabbay, John ^a   Ferris, Gill ^a  

^a Wessex Inst for Hlth R and D   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessments; Health outcome; Indicators; Population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; INTERVIEWS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031868067     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.7.2.90     Document Type: Article

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