Health Care

Benchmarking

Method of measuring performance against established standards of best practice.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Method of measuring performance against established standards of best practice.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Best Practice Analysis
  • Analysis, Best Practice
  • Benchmark
  • Benchmarking, Health Care
  • Benchmarking, Healthcare
  • Benchmarks
  • Metrics
  • Health Care Benchmarking
  • Healthcare Benchmarking

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. N04w.452.500w.150w
  2. N04w.761w.685w.150w
  3. N04w.761w.700.150w
  4. N05.700.150w
  5. N05.715w.360.650w.150w

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NLM Classification

W 84.4

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Benchmarking. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019985. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019985
  2. Benchmarking. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmarking
  3. Benchmarking. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816754