The CUSUM chart method as a tool for continuous monitoring of clinical outcomes using routinely collected data

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sibanda, Thabani ^a   Sibanda, Nokuthaba ^b  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

APGAR SCORE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 38349038325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-46     Document Type: Article

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