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Evidence of methodological bias in hospital standardised mortality ratios: retrospective database study of English hospitals

Objective To assess the validity of case mix adjustment methods used to derive standardised mortality ratios for hospitals, by examining the consistency of relations between risk factors and mortality across hospitals. Design Retrospective analysis of routinely collected hospital data comparing obse...

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Autores principales: Mohammed, Mohammed A, Deeks, Jonathan J, Girling, Alan, Rudge, Gavin, Carmalt, Martin, Stevens, Andrew J, Lilford, Richard J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19297447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b780