Advanced statistics: Applying statistical process control techniques to emergency medicine: A primer for providers

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 883-890

  Callahan, Charles D ^a   Griffen, David L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Process failures; Quality improvement; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041919529     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.8.883     Document Type: Review

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