A consensus-established set of important indicators of pediatric emergency department performance

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Hung, Geoffrey R ^a   Chalut, Dominic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical director; Performance indicator; Quality assurance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC WARD; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38549151130     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e31815f39a5     Document Type: Article

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