Measuring quality with missing data: The invisible threat to national quality initiatives

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1130-1133

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649492264     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00883.x     Document Type: Note

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