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Development of a minimization instrument for allocation of a hospital-level performance improvement intervention to reduce waiting times in Ontario emergency departments
BACKGROUND: Rigorous evaluation of an intervention requires that its allocation be unbiased with respect to confounders; this is especially difficult in complex, system-wide healthcare interventions. We developed a short survey instrument to identify factors for a minimization algorithm for the allo...
Autores principales: | Leaver, Chad Andrew, Guttmann, Astrid, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Rowe, Brian H, Anderson, Geoff, Stukel, Therese, Golden, Brian, Bell, Robert, Morra, Dante, Abrams, Howard, Schull, Michael J |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19505308 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-4-32 |
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