Risk-adjusted monitoring and smoothing in medical contexts

Statistical process control methods were originally implemented in the industrial context. With increasing interest in the measurement and comparison of health outcomes, quality control tools are now being applied to medical data. However, outcomes measured on patients may have greatly differing ass...

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Main Author: Grigg, O. A.
Published: University of Cambridge 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599741