How to make a silk purse from a sow's ear—a comprehensive review of strategies to optimise data for corrupt managers and incompetent clinicians

BMJ

Volumn 327, Issue 7429, 2003, Pages 1436-

  Pitches, David ^a   Burls, Amanda ^a   Fry Smith, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FORGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MANAGER; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0347990357     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7429.1436     Document Type: Article

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