The Spider Diagram Nursing Quality Report Card: Bringing All the Pieces Together

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Lancaster, Diane R ^a   King, Anita ^b  

^a Tufts Health Plan   (United States)

^b Department of Innovation and Transformation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033496410     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: 15390721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-199907000-00012     Document Type: Article

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