Monitoring patients using control charts: A systematic review

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Tennant, Ruth ^a   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Coleman, Jamie J ^b   Martin, Una ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Quality monitoring; Quality of care; Random variation; Statistical process control; Variation

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CASE STUDY; CINAHL; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASTHMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547861324     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm015     Document Type: Review

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