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Should policy-makers and managers trust PSI? An empirical validation study of five patient safety indicators in a national health service

BACKGROUND: Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) are being modestly used in Spain, somewhat due to concerns on their empirical properties. This paper provides evidence by answering three questions: a) Are PSI differences across hospitals systematic -rather than random?; b) Do PSI measure differences amon...

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Autores principales: Bernal-Delgado, Enrique, García-Armesto, Sandra, Martínez-Lizaga, Natalia, Abadía-Taira, Begoña, Beltrán-Peribañez, Joaquín, Peiró, Salvador
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22369291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-19