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A Simple Insightful Approach to Investigating a Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio: An Illustrative Case-Study

BACKGROUND: Despite methodological concerns Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs) are promoted as measures of performance. Hospitals that experience an increase in their HSMR are presented with a serious challenge but with little guidance on how to investigate this complex phenomenon. We il...

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Autores principales: Mohammed, Mohammed A., Stevens, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23472111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057845