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On the practice of ignoring center‐patient interactions in evaluating hospital performance

We evaluate the performance of medical centers based on a continuous or binary patient outcome (e.g., 30‐day mortality). Common practice adjusts for differences in patient mix through outcome regression models, which include patient‐specific baseline covariates (e.g., age and disease stage) besides...

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Autores principales: Varewyck, Machteld, Vansteelandt, Stijn, Eriksson, Marie, Goetghebeur, Els
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5049670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26303843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.6634