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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| 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 |