Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.

Caroline A. Brand; Joanne Tropea; Joseph E. Ibrahim; Shaymaa O. Elkadi; Christopher A. Bain; David I. Ben-Tovim; Tracey Bucknall; Peter B. Greenberg; Allan D. Spigelman

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Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.

July 23, 2008

Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189(1):35-40.

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Australian hospitals are using a wide variety of measurement tools to evaluate patient safety, including both process measurement and quantitative measurement methods.

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