Between-hospital variation in indicators of quality of care: a systematic review
Margrietha van der Linde,
Nèwel Salet,
Nikki van Leeuwen
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundEfforts to mitigate unwarranted variation in the quality of care require insight into the ‘level’ (eg, patient, physician, ward, hospital) at which observed variation exists. This systematic literature review aims to synthesise the results of studies that quantify the extent to which hospitals contribute to variation in quality indicator scores.MethodsEmbase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane and Google Scholar were systematically searched from 2010 to November 2023. We included studies that reported… Show more
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