An integrated care pathway for the last two days of life: Variance analysis - What is it, how is it done, what does it show?

Journal of Clinical Excellence

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-244

  Fowell, Andrew ^a   Finlay, Ilora ^b   Johnstone, Ros ^a   Minto, Lindsey ^c  

^a BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Integrated care pathway; Palliative care; Quality monitoring; Variance analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141990617     PISSN: 14659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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