Issues of variability and bias affecting multisite measurement of quality of care

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Orav, E John ^a   Wright, Elizabeth A ^b   Palmer, R Heather ^a   Hargraves, J Lee ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Performance measurement; Quality assurance; Randomized; Research design; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142016291     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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