The use of statistical process control for monitoring institutional performance in trauma care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1494-1501

  Kirkham, Jamie John ^a   Bouamra, Omar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control chart; Institutional performance; Ranking; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WALES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650601420     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815ebabf     Document Type: Article

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