Using antecedents of medical care to develop valid quality of care measures

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Coyle, Yvonne M ^a   Battles, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health care; Health services research; Outcome and process assessment; Outcome assessment; Quality indicators; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033027983     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/11.1.5     Document Type: Article

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