Measuring the quality of healthcare systems using composites.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Self reported receipt of care consistent with 32 quality indicators: national population survey of adults aged 50 or more in England.2008

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Abstract

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