Using benchmarking data for assessing performance in occupational therapy

Clinical Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 290-295

  Enderby, Pam ^a   Hughes, Anthony ^a   John, Alexandra ^b   Petheram, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b French Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benckmarking; Occupational therapy; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0346777352     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270310500105     Document Type: Article

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