Comparing hospital mortality – how to count does matter for patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke and hip fracture

BACKGROUND: Mortality is a widely used, but often criticised, quality indicator for hospitals. In many countries, mortality is calculated from in-hospital deaths, due to limited access to follow-up data on patients transferred between hospitals and on discharged patients. The objectives were to: i)...

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Autores principales: Kristoffersen, Doris T, Helgeland, Jon, Clench-Aas, Jocelyne, Laake, Petter, Veierød, Marit B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3526398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23088745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-364

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3526398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23088745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-364

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