A high-resolution analysis of process improvement: Use of quantile regression for wait time

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 333-347

  Choi, Dongseok ^a   Hoffman, Kim A ^a   Kim, Mi Ok ^b   McCarty, Dennis ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx); process improvement; quantile regression; Wait time

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LINEAR SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTILE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WAIT TIME;

HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84872271339     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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