Assessing the validity of quality indicators: Keep the context in mind!

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-453

  Delnoij, Diana M J ^a   Westert, Gert P ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; NOTE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864557189     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks086     Document Type: Editorial

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