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. 2019 Apr;28(4):338-344.
doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007798. Epub 2018 Aug 12.

The problem with composite indicators

Matthew Barclay  1 , Mary Dixon-Woods  1 , Georgios Lyratzopoulos  1   2
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The problem with composite indicators

Matthew Barclay et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

'The Problem with…' series covers controversial topics related to efforts to improve healthcare quality, including widely recommended but deceptively difficult strategies for improvement and pervasive problems that seem to resist solution.

Keywords: health services research; pay for performance; quality measurement; report cards.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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