CUSUM: A tool for early feedback about performance?

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chang, Winston R ^a   McLean, Ian P ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL WOUND; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DRESSING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BANDAGE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEVICES; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIP REPLACEMENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BANDAGES; BLISTER; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33645452870     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-8     Document Type: Article

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