Meaningful Variation in Performance

作者: Joseph V. Selby , Julie A. Schmittdiel , Janelle Lee , Vicki Fung , Sean Thomas

DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0B013E3181C15A6E

关键词: Quality assuranceMultivariate analysisVariance (accounting)Quality (business)Performance measurementOperations managementQuality managementVariance reductionIntraclass correlationStatisticsMedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

摘要: Background:Variance reduction is sometimes considered as a goal of clinical quality improvement. Variance among physicians, hospitals, or health plans has been evaluated the proportion total variance (or intraclass correlation, ICC) in measure; low ICCs have interpreted to indic

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