The meaning of variation to healthcare managers, clinical and health-services researchers, and individual patients

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Neuhauser, Duncan ^a   Provost, Lloyd ^b   Bergman, Bo ^c   Blanchard, Charles Elton ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Associates in Process Improvement   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FACTORIAL DESIGN; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROCESS CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 79957992677     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.046334     Document Type: Short Survey

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