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Entry Date 2023-12-28
Source Lilford R, Mohammed MA, Spiegelhalter D, Thomson R. Use and misuse of process and outcome data in managing performance of acute medical care: avoiding institutional stigma. The Lancet. 2004;363(9415):1147-1154.
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Source Type Review /Overview
Domain Systems
Subdomain1 Process vs outcomes
Subdomain2 Statistical methods
Key Points A review of the risks of using crude outcome data to measure institutional performance made more convincing by the fact that the same authors have very effectively used such data in other publications
Citns 619