Funnel plots for comparing provider performance based on patient-reported outcome measures

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1020-1026

  Neuburger, Jenny ^a,b   Cromwell, David A ^a,b   Hutchings, Andrew ^a,b   Black, Nick ^a   Van Der Meulen, Jan H ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STATE MEDICINE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 82655166437     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000197     Document Type: Article

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