Improving benchmarking by using an explicit framework for the development of composite indicators: an example using pediatric quality of care.

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Published in Implement Sci on February 09, 2010

Authors

Jochen Profit1, Katri V Typpo, Sylvia J Hysong, LeChauncy D Woodard, Michael A Kallen, Laura A Petersen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. profit@bcm.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Web-based Implementation for the Science of Enhancing Resilience Study (WISER) | NCT02603133

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