[EQ] The Good Indicators Guide: Understanding how to use and choose indicators

The Good Indicators Guide: Understanding how to use and choose indicators

 

UK NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, 2008

APHO, Association of Public Health Observatories

 

Available online as PDF file [40p.] at: http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=44584

 

“…..This guide is intended to be a short, practical resource for anyone in any health system who is responsible for using indicators to monitor and improve performance, systems or outcomes.

 

Content:

 

1. Introduction

2. Indicators: some useful background

3. The anatomy of an indicator

4. Understanding variation

5. Changing hearts and minds

6. Frequently asked questions

7. Criteria for good indicators and good indicator sets

8. Ten myths about indicators

9. Glossary

10. Further reading

Appendix A: Full anatomy of an indicator

 

 

Target Setting in a Multi-Agency Environment

APHO Technical Briefing 4 -  Association of Public Health Observatories, 2008

http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=54328

 

 

APHO Technical Briefings looks at key issues to consider when setting targets in a multi-agency environment, including the choice of appropriate methodologies, indicators and statistics, and consideration of the wider political and ethical context.

 

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