title: How to rate performance: is a standardized patient the answer?
abstract: Clinicians have studied the effectiveness of their IVF practice with a presumed goal of process improvement. The use of standardized patients to compare IVF outcomes is questioned.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA. charles.coddington@dhha.org
authors.forename: Charles C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Coddington
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012015:Reference Standards