Welcome
What are you trying to do?
A study for my organisation in hospitals and health facilities.
Your path
Create the study and set the discipline
The discipline decides what every later page shows you.
Decide whether people are involved
If your data is about machines, facilities or finances rather than people, declare no human subjects and the data protection conditions do not apply. The declaration is checked.
Collect or import
Collect through ZStat with consent and withdrawal, or bring a CSV, Excel or SPSS file you already have.
Analyse and compare
Between sites, periods, groups or programmes - with the effect size, because significance alone does not tell a manager whether it matters.
Produce the assurance pack
Generated from your own installation, for a funder or a data protection officer.
What people in your field ask
Decide what you are managing - pull the routine data you already hold - chart it over time - compare where it differs - act, then chart again.
- Is our waiting time getting worse, or is this just a bad week?control chart
- Can we consistently meet the target we have been given?process capability
- Do outcomes differ between wards, units or consultants?one way anova
- Which patients are at risk of readmission?logistic regression
- How long do patients stay, and what shortens it?kaplan meier
Watch for: Comparing raw outcome rates between units without case mix. The unit that takes the sickest patients will always look worst.
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