Use of risk-adjusted CUSUM and RSPRT charts for monitoring in medical contexts

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-170

  Grigg, Olivia A ^a   Farewell, V T ^a   Spiegelhalter, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLOTS AND CURVES; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037345165     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096228020301200205     Document Type: Review

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