Judgment sampling: A health care improvement perspective

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-175

  Perla, Rocco J ^a   Provost, Lloyd P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Associates in Process Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; judgment sampling; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862871308     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e31825e8806     Document Type: Review

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