Advancing quality improvement with regression discontinuity designs

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 523-529

  Walkey, Allan J ^a,b   Drainoni, Mari Lynn ^a,b,c   Cordella, Nicholas ^a   Bor, Jacob ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Quality improvement; Research design

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP MEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85046676134     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201712-942IP     Document Type: Review

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