Quality monitoring in thyroid surgery by Shewhart control chart
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Quality monitoring in thyroid surgery by Shewhart control chart
Introduction The outcome of thyroid surgery is usually assessed according to two major complications: recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis and hypoparathyroidism. The purpose of the study was to monitor the outcomes of thyroid surgery using Shewhart control charts, and then to identify possible ways to improve quality by exploring the special causes of variation in the observed complication rate...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-s1-a1