Case-mix adjusted hospital mortality is a poor proxy for preventable mortality: a modelling study

Risk-adjustment schemes are used to monitor hospital performance, on the assumption that excess mortality not explained by case mix is largely attributable to suboptimal care. We have developed a model to estimate the proportion of the variation in standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) that can be ac...

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Autores principales: Girling, Alan J, Hofer, Timothy P, Wu, Jianhua, Chilton, Peter J, Nicholl, Jonathan P, Mohammed, Mohammed A, Lilford, Richard J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2012
Materias:
Research and Reporting Methodology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23069860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001202

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23069860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001202

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