title: Performance indicators: pointer dogs in disguise--a commentary.
abstract: This article discusses the feasibility of integrating specific quality indicator dimensions and proposes a method through which indicators may prove useful to hospitals in search of quality.
authors: Maryland Hospital Association.
authors: V A
authors: VA
authors: Kazandjian
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States