Using routine comparative data to assess the quality of health care: understanding and avoiding common pitfalls

A E Powell; H T O Davies; R G Thomson

doi:10.1136/qhc.12.2.122

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Using routine comparative data to assess the quality of health care: understanding and avoiding common pitfalls

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Apr 2003	485	308	128
May 2003	83	103	69
Jun 2003	45	65	25
Jul 2003	46	640	32
Aug 2003	43	110	35
Sep 2003	50	47	13
Oct 2003	71	51	21
Nov 2003	60	51	33
Dec 2003	27	26	9
Jan 2004	35	590	18
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Mar 2004	80	87	32
Apr 2004	67	54	21
May 2004	72	77	24
Jun 2004	76	117	81
Jul 2004	97	120	55
Aug 2004	78	118	69
Sep 2004	44	75	39
Oct 2004	33	112	54
Nov 2004	44	123	75
Dec 2004	40	105	55
Jan 2005	35	161	43
Feb 2005	26	106	44
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Apr 2005	17	83	41
May 2005	19	78	48
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Apr 2006	4	38	23
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Oct 2006	23	124	45
Nov 2006	18	63	41
Dec 2006	7	48	19
Jan 2007	16	62	45
Feb 2007	21	51	42
Mar 2007	17	47	38
Apr 2007	46	17	12
May 2007	57	19	28
Jun 2007	41	17	26
Jul 2007	33	25	34
Aug 2007	30	34	37
Sep 2007	32	8	31
Oct 2007	41	70	35
Nov 2007	36	43	20
Dec 2007	13	17	20
Jan 2008	29	20	52
Feb 2008	35	19	37
Mar 2008	48	12	38
Apr 2008	30	13	23
May 2008	13	18	27
Jun 2008	13	12	21
Jul 2008	26	11	18
Aug 2008	24	13	18
Sep 2008	39	14	18
Oct 2008	38	22	10
Nov 2008	39	39	9
Dec 2008	18	12	11
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Feb 2009	32	12	53
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Apr 2009	54	13	49
May 2009	41	11	11
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Oct 2009	33	17	17
Nov 2009	10	7	4
Dec 2009	8	4	4
Jan 2010	37	25	19
Feb 2010	32	23	10
Mar 2010	63	17	18
Apr 2010	53	27	25
May 2010	60	25	23
Jun 2010	47	27	19
Jul 2010	38	14	20
Aug 2010	48	13	17
Sep 2010	51	16	20
Oct 2010	53	69	16
Nov 2010	57	120	12
Dec 2010	35	12	9
Jan 2011	13	12	12
Feb 2011	29	16	14
Mar 2011	48	13	21
Apr 2011	32	9	40
May 2011	35	6	12
Jun 2011	37	7	15
Jul 2011	16	3	4
Aug 2011	20	4	9
Sep 2011	37	2	9
Oct 2011	33	6	9
Nov 2011	32	8	7
Dec 2011	35	17	18
Jan 2012	34	5	20
Feb 2012	42	7	38
Mar 2012	31	16	10
Apr 2012	47	34	15
May 2012	37	35	25
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Apr 2014	56	22	23
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Jun 2014	62	16	15
Jul 2014	60	20	20
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Sep 2014	47	15	20
Oct 2014	58	42	30
Nov 2014	59	26	28
Dec 2014	58	10	14
Jan 2015	69	35	22
Feb 2015	62	22	12
Mar 2015	84	18	24
Apr 2015	116	36	22
May 2015	98	53	24
Jun 2015	62	32	12
Jul 2015	54	13	20
Aug 2015	64	12	21
Sep 2015	88	20	16
Oct 2015	64	11	16
Nov 2015	86	57	20
Dec 2015	61	8	7
Jan 2016	41	15	14
Feb 2016	178	36	11
Mar 2016	69	17	16
Apr 2016	48	15	20
May 2016	53	37	16
Jun 2016	38	18	13
Jul 2016	47	14	13
Aug 2016	63	27	33
Sep 2016	86	31	34
Oct 2016	71	28	28
Nov 2016	56	31	18
Dec 2016	40	9	9
Jan 2017	61	23	17
Feb 2017	31	23	24
Mar 2017	51	33	21
Apr 2017	44	45	45
May 2017	28	56	20
Jun 2017	46	43	29
Jul 2017	71	38	34
Aug 2017	95	57	27
Sep 2017	118	62	38
Oct 2017	120	66	33
Nov 2017	241	183	29
Dec 2017	393	357	22
Jan 2018	476	430	18
Feb 2018	338	241	24
Mar 2018	413	370	11
Apr 2018	376	312	26
May 2018	320	293	31
Jun 2018	238	192	28
Jul 2018	264	210	36
Aug 2018	389	314	65
Sep 2018	309	259	41
Oct 2018	343	289	33
Nov 2018	379	321	53
Dec 2018	359	325	34
Jan 2019	360	318	28
Feb 2019	404	330	41
Mar 2019	322	263	26
Apr 2019	275	235	19
May 2019	274	236	54
Jun 2019	413	358	56
Jul 2019	343	282	51
Aug 2019	354	322	89
Sep 2019	339	293	168
Oct 2019	374	283	39
Nov 2019	175	124	19
Dec 2019	191	135	27
Jan 2020	210	178	22
Feb 2020	160	124	19
Mar 2020	241	206	15
Apr 2020	133	106	20
May 2020	136	114	10
Jun 2020	142	110	16
Jul 2020	162	126	26
Aug 2020	150	118	12
Sep 2020	163	107	23
Oct 2020	93	59	11
Nov 2020	112	60	21
Dec 2020	57	43	16
Jan 2021	121	71	26
Feb 2021	115	73	22
Mar 2021	82	50	14
Apr 2021	92	60	14
May 2021	67	51	16
Jun 2021	48	46	17
Jul 2021	45	45	16
Aug 2021	50	50	9
Sep 2021	50	50	14
Oct 2021	85	47	32
Nov 2021	69	36	36
Dec 2021	48	33	18
Jan 2022	52	41	16
Feb 2022	49	33	13
Mar 2022	106	75	15
Apr 2022	78	44	24
May 2022	76	47	16
Jun 2022	54	36	18
Jul 2022	50	24	11
Aug 2022	82	53	17
Sep 2022	53	39	13
Oct 2022	67	43	8
Nov 2022	48	24	8
Dec 2022	45	18	8
Jan 2023	74	46	7
Feb 2023	85	62	12
Mar 2023	116	73	16
Apr 2023	90	52	14
May 2023	109	81	23
Jun 2023	102	58	41
Jul 2023	74	41	32
Aug 2023	98	64	23
Sep 2023	76	47	24
Oct 2023	609	565	17
Nov 2023	79	55	7
Dec 2023	251	25	7
Jan 2024	112	15	5
Feb 2024	105	9	1
Mar 2024	355	17	3
Total	22803	18765	6514

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