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Statistical development of quality in medicine
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The promotion of standards and guidelines to advance quality assurance and control is an integral part of the health care sector. Quantitative methods are needed to monitor, control and improve the...
The promotion of standards and guidelines to advance quality assurance and control is an integral part of the health care sector. Quantitative methods are needed to monitor, control and improve the quality of medical processes. Statistical Development of Quality in Medicine presents the statistical concepts behind the application of industrial quality control methods.
Details
- Creator
- Per Winkel, Nien Fan Zhang
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2007]
- ©2007
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9780470515884, 9780470515891, 0470515899, 9780470027776, 1280900989, 0470515880, 0470027770, 9786610900985
- OCLC
- ocn181346322
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Statistical Development of Quality in Medicine; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- on quality of health care in general; I.1 Quality of health care; I.2 Measures and indicators of quality of health care; I.3 The functions of quality measures and indicators; References; Part I Control Charts; 1 Theory of statistical process control; 2 Shewhart control charts; 3 Time-weighted control charts; 4 Control charts for autocorrelated data; Part II Risk Adjustment; 5 Tools for risk adjustment; 6 Risk-adjusted control charts; 7 Risk-adjusted comparison of healthcare providers
Subjects
- Medical care -- Quality control.
- Medical statistics.
- Quality of Health Care -- standards.
Medical Subject Heading
- Quality Control.
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- Statistics -- methods.
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