CHP/PCOR Publications

Quality Indicators for Inpatient Care, Patient Safety, and Avoidable Hospitalizations: Building a Bridge from Indicator Development to User Applications

Abstract

This abstract was presented at the 5th Annual International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services in September 2003.

Publications of interest

Preliminary assessment of pediatric health care quality and patient safety in the United States using readily available administrative data
Kathryn M. McDonald, Sheryl M. Davies, Corinna Haberland, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Amy Ku, Patrick S. Romano
Pediatrics vol. 122, 2 (2008)
Measures of Patient Safety Based on Hospital Administrative Data: The Patient Safety Indicators
Kathryn M. McDonald, PS Romano, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Sheryl M. Davies, Brad Duncan, KG Shojania, Angela Hansen
University of California San Francisco-Stanford Evidence-Based Practice Center under contract no. 290-97-0013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (2002)
Approach to Improving Quality: the Role of Quality Measurement and a Case Study of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Pediatric Quality Indicators
Kathryn M. McDonald
Pediatric Clinics of North America vol. 56, 4 (2009)
Measures of Pediatric Health Care Quality Based on Hospital Administrative Data
Kathryn M. McDonald, Patrick Romano, Sheryl M. Davies, Corinna Haberland, Jeffrey J. Geppert, Amy Ku, Kavita Choudhry
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2006)