A parametric control chart adjustment for handling serial dependence in health care quality data

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-161

  Madan, Alok ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^a,c   Nash, Michael R ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Control chart; Health care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOCUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42449130166     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.QMH.0000316993.94415.7d     Document Type: Article

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