Using routine intelligence to target inspection of healthcare providers in England

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-194

  Bardsley, M ^a   Spiegelhalter, D J ^b   Blunt, I ^a   Chitnis, X ^a   Roberts, A ^a   Bharania, S ^a  

^a Healthcare Commission   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 66449108564     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.024802     Document Type: Article

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