Benchmarking patient outcomes

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-189

  Rudy, Ellen B ^a   Lucke, Joseph F ^a   Whitman, Gayle R ^a   Davidson, Lynda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Central line infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BENCHMARKING; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035223321     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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