Using control charts to monitor quality of hospital care with administrative data

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-39

  Coory, Michael ^a,b   Duckett, Stephen ^a,b   Sketcher Baker, Kirstine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Reform and Development Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control charting; Data interpretation; Information dissemination; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 38149061141     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm060     Document Type: Article

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