The danger of non-exhaustive quality measures: requiring hip fracture repair surgery within 48 hours – a case study

The danger of non-exhaustive quality measures: requiring hip fracture repair surgery within 48 hours – a case study

Abstract Quality measures are widely used globally in order to measure clinical performance and organizational efficiency of the healthcare systems. However, in a race to achieve certain numerically defined goal, the more important purpose of any organizational step being aimed at improving clinical...

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Main Authors: Kobi Peleg, Michael Rozenfeld, Avi Israeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
Subjects:
Quality measures
Quality indicators
Hip fracture
Earlier surgery
DRG
Mortality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-017-0189-5

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