Enhancing causal interpretations of quality improvement interventions

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-186

  Cable, G ^a  

^a Atlantic Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal interpretations; Implementation fidelity; Interrupted time series design; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CATHETERIZATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347871275     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.0100179..     Document Type: Review

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