Propensity score analysis, such as propensity matching and weighting, is becoming increasingly popular in educational research. When a analysis conducted, examining the covariate balance considered to be crucial justify quality of results. However, it has been pointed out that solely considering how covariates after may not enough for justifying Suitable still yield biased estimates treatment e...

Since its market entry in 2001, ThermoWood® has become the most established form of thermal modification globally. Whilst properties have been widely reported, there is still a need for readily-applied quality control method to ensure treatments meet criteria outlined by International ThermoWood Association. One such focussed on use colour measurements. In largest study kind, measurement data e...

introduction: one of the important aspects in high quality health care system is delivering health services in an appropriate way which can lead to development of the systems. patient satisfaction is a quality indicator that has the potential to provide valuable information about the care delivered by an emergency medical services system (ems). this indicator is considered as an important marke...

Background: Length of hospital stay (LHS) is the most important and practical indicator in hospitals, which largely reflects the level of hospital performance and activity. It is also an important indicator for resource planning. Moreover, the quality of care can theoretically be related to LHS. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between LHS and quality of nursing care in...

BACKGROUND The measurement of healthcare provider performance is becoming more widespread. Physicians have been guarded about performance measurement, in part because the methodology for comparative measurement of care quality is underdeveloped. Comprehensive quality improvement will require comprehensive measurement, implying the aggregation of multiple quality metrics into composite indicator...