A pressure ulcer audit and feedback project across multi-hospital settings in the Netherlands

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Bours, Gerrie J J W ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^a   Candel, Math J J M ^a   Groll, Richard T P M ^a,b   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Audit; Case mix adjustment; Feedback; Pressure ulcers; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 2942707651     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh034     Document Type: Article

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