Creative use of existing clinical and health outcomes data to assess NHS performance in England: Part 2—more challenging aspects of monitoring

BMJ

Volumn 330, Issue 7506, 2005, Pages 1486-1492

  Lakhani, Azim ^a   Eayres, Daniel ^a   Coles, James ^b   Spence, Craig ^c   Sanderson, Colin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CASPE Research   (United Kingdom)

^c Northgate Information Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; HEART DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 21244448759     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1486     Document Type: Article

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