Quantifying the Potential Bias when Directly Comparing Standardised Mortality Ratios for In-Unit Neonatal Mortality

INTRODUCTION: The Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) is increasingly used to compare the performance of different healthcare providers. However, it has long been known that differences in the populations of the providers can cause biased results when directly comparing two SMRs. This is potentially...

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Autores principales: Evans, T. Alun, Seaton, Sarah E., Manktelow, Bradley N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23577213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23577213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061237

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