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Comment
. 1999 Mar 20;318(7186):803; author reply 804-5.

Performance indicators for primary care groups. Current indicators have been chosen for ease of collection rather than scientific validity

P Myers
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Performance indicators for primary care groups. Current indicators have been chosen for ease of collection rather than scientific validity

P Myers. BMJ. .
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Funnel plot showing proportion of hypertensive patients with controlled blood pressure and sample size used in each practice. The spread of the proportions is largest when the sample size is low. Detailed analysis of the variance indicates that a sample size of 200 is needed to discriminate reliably between practices
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