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3How Can the IQIs be Used in Quality Assessment?The

Inpatient

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Detailed Evidence for Inpatient Quality Indicators

This section provides an abbreviated presentation of the details of the literature reviewand the empirical evaluation for each IQI, including:

P The relationship between the indicator and quality of health care servicesP A suggested benchmark or comparisonP

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