Can hospital episode statistics support appraisal and revalidation? Randomised study of physician attitudes

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-338

  Croft, Giles P ^a,b   Williams, John G ^a   Mann, Robin Y ^b   Cohen, David ^c   Phillips, Ceri J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Data quality; Hospital episode statistics; Physician attitudes; Revalidation; Secondary uses of data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548149281     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.7-4-332     Document Type: Article

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