Control charts, Cusum techniques and funnel plots. A review of methods for monitoring performance in healthcare

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-499

  Noyez, Luc ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Control charts; Cusum; Funnel plots; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249097849     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.204768     Document Type: Review

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