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Applying control charts to quality improvement

L J Finison¹, K S Finison

¹Sigma Works, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality

|October 4, 1996

Abstract:

This article reviews the definitions and principles that should guide the use of control charts in healthcare quality. Several examples from the literature are used to illustrate significant problems and issues in control chart construction.

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