ACCF/AHA 2010 position statement on composite measures for healthcare performance assessment: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation/american heart association task force on performance measures (writing committee to develop a position statement on composite measures)

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1780-1791

  Peterson, Eric D ^a   Delong, Elizabeth R ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^a   Peterson, Pamela N ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^a   Shahian, David M ^a   Shaw, Richard E ^a   Goff, David C ^a   Grady, Kathleen ^a   Green, Lee A ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a   Loth, Ann ^a   Radford, Martha J ^a  

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Author keywords

ACCF AHA Performance Measures; Composite measures; Performance measures; Quality indicators; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951499019     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181d2ab98     Document Type: Review

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