Identifying positive deviants in healthcare quality and safety: a mixed methods study

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 276-291

  O’Hara, Jane K ^a,b   Grasic, Katja ^c   Gutacker, Nils ^c   Street, Andrew ^d   Foy, Robbie ^a   Thompson, Carl ^e   Wright, John ^b   Lawton, Rebecca ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

outliers; Positive deviance; quality measurement; safety measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LEARNING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; SAFETY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85047409780     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076818772230     Document Type: Article

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