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Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; The Hospital Standardized Mortality Rate between 2003 and 2005

BACKGROUND: Indicators of hospital quality, such as hospital standardized mortality ratios (HSMR), have been used increasingly to assess and improve hospital quality. Our aim has been to describe and explain variation in new HSMRs for the Netherlands. METHODS: HSMRs were estimated using data from th...

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Autores principales: Heijink, Richard, Koolman, Xander, Pieter, Daniel, van der Veen, André, Jarman, Brian, Westert, Gert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18384695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-73