Use of process measures to monitor the quality of clinical practice

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7621, 2007, Pages 648-650

  Lilford, Richard J ^a   Brown, Celia A ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MIX; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REWARD; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE;

EID: 35148829512     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39317.641296.ad     Document Type: Short Survey

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