Risk-adjusted sequential probability ratio test control chart methods for monitoring operator and institutional mortality rates in interventional cardiology

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-120

  Matheny, Michael E ^a,b   Ohno Machado, Lucila ^a,b   Resnic, Frederic S ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36849040670     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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