Performance league tables: the NHS deserves better

Although these performance league tables (fig 2) resemble traditional league tables (fig 1), they have some important differences. A major difference is that the performance league tables include 95% confidence intervals around each provider's performance score. In addition, traditional league...

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Published in:BMJ 2002-01, Vol.324 (7329), p.95-98
Main Authors: Adab, Peymané, Rouse, Andrew M, Mohammed, Mohammed A, Marshall, Tom
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Automobiles
Biological and medical sciences
Charts
Confidence interval
Government agencies
Health outcomes
Health services
Hospital administration
Hospital admissions
Hospital Mortality
Hospitals, Public - standards
Humans
Information In Practice
Job performance indicators
Life tables
Medical sciences
Medical specialists
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Mortality
National health services
Performance evaluation
Performance indicators
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Ratings & rankings
State Medicine - standards
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:Although these performance league tables (fig 2) resemble traditional league tables (fig 1), they have some important differences. A major difference is that the performance league tables include 95% confidence intervals around each provider's performance score. In addition, traditional league tables usually rank goods or services produced by different production systems, whereas NHS performance league tables rank components (such as hospitals) within a single system (the NHS).
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.324.7329.95