Achievable benchmarks of care: The ABC(TM)s of benchmarking

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-281

  Weissman, Norman W ^a,b   Allison, Jeroan J ^a,b   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a,b   Farmer, Robert M ^a,c   Weaver, Michael T ^a   Dale Williams, O ^a,b   Child, Ian G ^a   Pemberton, Judy H ^a   Brown, Kathleen C ^a   Suzanne Baker, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Alabama Qual Assur Found Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; CQI; Performance measures; Process of care; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BAYES THEOREM; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6544243327     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1999.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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