Trends in Canadian hospital standardised mortality ratios and palliative care coding 2004–2010: a retrospective database analysis

BACKGROUND: The hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR), anchored at an average score of 100, is a controversial macromeasure of hospital quality. The measure may be dependent on differences in patient coding, particularly since cases labelled as palliative are typically excluded. OBJECTIVE: To...

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Autores principales: Chong, Christopher AKY, Nguyen, Geoffrey C, Wilcox, M Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2012
Materias:
Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23131397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001729

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3533024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23131397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001729

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