Improving quality of stroke care through benchmarking center performance: why focusing on outcomes is not enough

• Main Authors: Marzyeh Amini (Author), Nikki van Leeuwen (Author), Frank Eijkenaar (Author), Maxim J. H. L. Mulder (Author), Wouter Schonewille (Author), Geert Lycklama à Nijeholt (Author), Wouter H. Hinsenveld (Author), Robert-Jan B. Goldhoorn (Author), Pieter Jan van Doormaal (Author), Sjoerd Jenniskens (Author), Jan Hazelzet (Author), Diederik W. J. Dippel (Author), Bob Roozenbeek (Author), Hester F. Lingsma (Author), on behalf of the MR CLEAN Registry Investigators (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Between-center variation in outcome may offer opportunities to identify variation in quality of care. By intervening on these quality differences, patient outcomes may be improved. However, whether observed differences in outcome reflect the true quality improvement potential is...