Statistical process control as a tool for controlling operating room performance: Retrospective analysis and benchmarking

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 905-910

  Chen, Tsung Tai ^a   Chang, Yun Jau ^a,b   Ku, Shei Ling ^c   Chung, Kuo Piao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

control chart; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; operating room performance; statistical process control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BENCHMARKING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77956934541     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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