Developing evidence-based clinical indicators: A state of the art methods primer

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Mainz, Jan ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical indicators; Outcome measures; Performance measures; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0347076458     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzg084     Document Type: Article

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