Control chart methods for monitoring cardiac surgical performance and their interpretation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 811-819

  Rogers, Chris A ^a,b   Reeves, Barnaby C ^c   Caputo, Massimo ^a   Ganesh, J Saravana ^b   Bonser, Robert S ^b   Angelini, Gianni D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644255547     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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