Attribute data are discrete whole numbers and not continuous.
Examples of attribute data plotted as ratio data on u-charts include figures such as:

Physicians' actions have been noted be a major contributor to unexplained clinical variation in healthcare.
Unexplained clinical variation leads to increased healthcare costs, medical errors, patient frustration, and poor clinical
outcomes. The increase in information being collected on physician practice patterns has begun to expose widespread
variations in practice. In healthcare, variation exists among providers by:

Crossing the Quality Chasm provided a blueprint for the future that classified and unified the components of quality through six aims for improvement, chain of effects, and simple rules for redesign of healthcare.
The six aims for improvement, viewed also six dimensions of quality.
Which of the following is NOT out of those dimensions?

The increased focus on and mandate for healthcare data place healthcare providers in a different situation than they
have known in the past. Providers document such things and, unfortunately, many providers struggle to address the
measurement mandate proactively, which leads organizations to assume a defensive posture when external
organizations release the data. Which of the following ways show/s the responses of provider in such cases?

One of the difficult things about quality is explaining how _________ is different from a process or system.