Safety is part of quality: a proposal for a continuum in performance measurement.

Vahé A. Kazandjian; Karol G. Wicker; Nikolas Matthes; Sam Ogunbo

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Safety is part of quality: a proposal for a continuum in performance measurement.

May 7, 2008

Kazandjian VA, Wicker KG, Matthes N, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2008;14(2):354-359.

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Use of AHRQ's Quality Indicators increased in Asia but decreased in US hospitals, due to the changing regulatory environment in the United States and the increased use of patient-level data for quality reporting.

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