Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research, Fourth Edition, describes the analysis of
survival data, illustrated using a wide range of examples from biomedical research. Written …

Clinical registries will have an increasingly important role to play in health-care, with a
number already established in cardiac surgery. This review covers the fundamentals of …

Background Time series charts are increasingly used by clinical teams to monitor their
performance, but statistical control charts are not widely used, partly due to uncertainty about …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and our perspective of recent research
and applications of statistical process monitoring. The focus is on work done over the past …

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Methods: We describe different approaches to creating composite measures, discuss their
advantages and disadvantages, and provide examples of their use. Findings: The major …

In England and Wales, a large‐scale multiple statistical surveillance system for infectious
disease outbreaks has been in operation for nearly two decades. This system uses a robust …

From the Preface: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through a
subcontract with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation, Center for Outcomes …

In this paper, we examine why risk-based policy instruments have failed to improve the
proportionality, effectiveness, and legitimacy of healthcare quality regulation in the National …

Background Previous studies have documented income differences between male and
female physicians. However, the implications of these differences are unclear, since …