Monitoring healthcare quality in an obstetrics and gynaecology department using a CUSUM chart

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1225-1235

  Boulkedid, R ^a   Sibony, O ^a,b   Bossu Salvador, C ^a   Oury, J F ^a,b   Alberti, C ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

CUSUM; obstetrics; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

SULPROSTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955791974     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02632.x     Document Type: Article

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