A randomized controlled trial of league tables and control charts as aids to health service decision-making

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-315

  Marshall, Tom ^a   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Rouse, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Performance monitoring; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4344571047     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh054     Document Type: Article

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