We understood a tool to be a collection of indicators used as an instrument for collecting information about a particular aspect of the performance of maternity care, and if it was defined as a tool by the authors of the publication in question.
G.D.P. vs. Human Development Index Simon Kuznets, the inventor of so-called national accounts — the collection of indicators calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis that now includes G.D.P. and a host of other economic and financial measures — actually harbored concerns about his creation from the start.
A collection of indicators on AM measures, infrastructure, policies and relevant framework conditions is available for each city within PASTA, and can be used for qualitative data analyses.
There is broad agreement that measures of quality should be based on a collection of indicators rather than a single item or 'league table': a collection of indicators (sometimes called a 'scorecard') can better describe quality and provide different dimensions for each service to prioritise.
To assess the performance of health care services, the Italian Tuscany region introduced in 2005 an evaluation system based on the systematic collection of indicators to examine the efficiency, effectiveness and appropriateness of care for a number of clinical conditions.
The long-term use of a computer program to modify medical practices necessitates a hospital information system that ties in prescriptions and the results of medical tests, and the continuous collection of indicators making it possible to evaluate use and effect.
In order to collect the documents from which study indicators and/or their determinant obtained a document collection checklist was used to facilitate the collection of indicator documents.
Clinical quality interventions in a population are based on the existing imperfections found by prior data collections of quality indicators, as we have demonstrated in our community.
The McManus' estimations involve upward of 21 variables, with a number converted into collections of categorical indicators [ 11, 12]; our estimations involve five covariates and individuals with covariate values corresponding to the reference categories do occur in the unmatched and matched data.
The design of a collection system of indicators, which monitor functional assessment and quality of life for patients with chronic diseases (malignant tumours, stroke, asthma), is thus currently most relevant.
