Spie charts, target plots, and radar plots for displaying comparative outcomes of health care

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 770-778

  Stafoggia, Massimo ^a   Lallo, Adele ^a   Fusco, Danilo ^a   Barone, Anna P ^a   D'Ovidio, Mariangela ^a   Sorge, Chiara ^a   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graphic display; Health care data; Multivariate analysis; Outcome research; Performance indicators; Radial plots

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLOTS AND CURVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADAR PLOT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIE CHART; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TARGET PLOT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 79956195049     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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