Funnel plots for comparing performance of PCI performing hospitals and cardiologists: Demonstration of utility using the New York hospital mortality data

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-594

  Kunadian, Babu ^a   Dunning, Joel ^a   Roberts, Anthony P ^a   Morley, Robert ^a   de Belder, Mark A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality monitoring; Quality of care; Statistical process control; Variation in practice

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FUNNEL PLOT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549104759     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21893     Document Type: Article

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