Painting by numbers: A guide for systematically developing indicators of performance at any level of health care

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-59

  Perera, Roshan ^a   Dowell, Anthony ^a   Crampton, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health care; New Zealand; Quality assessment; Quality indicator; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867336569     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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