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Application of attribute control charts to risk-adjusted data for monitoring and improving health care performance

Marilyn K Hart1, Kwan Y Lee, Robert F Hart

  • 1College of Business, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, USA.

Quality Management in Health Care
|February 21, 2003
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Keywords:
statistical process controlclinical quality improvementrisk adjustment modelsperformance monitoring

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