Monitoring clinical performance: A commentary

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 820-822

  Spiegelhalter, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644258497     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.024     Document Type: Editorial

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