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Statistical methods for healthcare performance monitoring /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bottle, Alex (Author), Aylin, Paul (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2017]
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series.
Subjects:
Medical care > Evaluation.
Medical statistics.
Medical care > Quality control.
Medical care > Safety measures.
Quality Assurance, Health Care > methods.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origins and examples of monitoring systems
  • Choosing the unit of analysis and reporting
  • What to measure : choosing and defining indicators
  • Sources of data
  • Risk-adjustment principles and methods
  • Output the observed and model-predicted outcomes
  • Composite measures
  • Setting performance thresholds and defining outliers
  • Making comparisons across national borders
  • Presenting the results to stakeholders
  • Evaluating the monitoring system
  • Concluding thoughts.