Comparison of case note review methods for evaluating quality and safety in health care

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-170

  Hutchinson, A ^a   Coster, J E ^a   Cooper, K L ^a   McIntosh, A ^a   Walters, S J ^a   Bath, P A ^b   Pearson, M ^c   Young, T A ^a   Rantell, K ^a   Campbell, M J ^a   Ratcliffe, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CRITERION BASED REVIEW; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOLISTIC REVIEW; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCUMENTATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77950649780     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta14100     Document Type: Article

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