Crude versus case-mix-adjusted control charts for safety monitoring in thyroid surgery

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Duclos, Antoine ^a,b   Voirin, Nicolas ^c,d   Touzet, Sandrine ^a,b   Soardo, Pietro ^e   Schott, Anne Marie ^a,b   Colin, Cyrille ^a,b   Peix, Jean Louis ^e   Lifante, Jean Christophe ^e  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956931136     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.031799     Document Type: Article

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