Defining and classifying clinical indicators for quality improvement

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 523-530

  Mainz, Jan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0347403546     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzg081     Document Type: Short Survey

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