@article{ref1,
title="Setting realistic goals for quality assurance monitoring: patient falls versus patient days",
journal="QRB. quality review bulletin",
year="1987",
author="O'Brien, B. L. and O'Such, D. J. and Palette, S. V.",
volume="13",
number="10",
pages="339-342",
abstract="In order to set criteria for determining an acceptable level of patient falls, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey created a regression line predicting the expected frequency of patient falls by patient days. The regression line was derived from data reflecting the hospital's own experience with patient falls during a two-year period. The medical center now compares predicted and actual fall rates on a monthly basis. Corrective actions are implemented when the number of falls rises above the regression line during two consecutive months. The regression line thus serves as a useful method of determining the need for enhanced QA activities.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0097-5990",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}