Taking a closer look: Using statistical process control to identify patterns of improvement in a quality-improvement collaborative

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Timmerman, Tracey ^a   Verrall, Tanya ^a   Clatney, Lisa ^a   Klomp, Helena ^a   Teare, Gary ^a  

^a Health Quality Council   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COOPERATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 78650320011     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029025     Document Type: Article

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