Developing clinical quality indicators for a Bi-National Burn Registry

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1296-1308

  Watterson, Dina ^a   Cleland, Heather ^a,b   Darton, Anne ^c   Edgar, Dale ^d,e   Fong, Joy ^d   Harvey, John ^f   Kavanagh, Sheila ^g   Perrett, Tracey ^h   Singer, Yvonne ^b   Tonkin, Catherine ⁱ   Cameron, Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^g ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burn; Quality indicators; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE;

AUSTRALIA; BURNS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 80855132659     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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