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Are medical outliers associated with worse patient outcomes? A retrospective study within a regional NHS hospital using routine data

OBJECTIVE: To explore the quality and safety of patients’ healthcare provision by identifying whether being a medical outlier is associated with worse patient outcomes. A medical outlier is a hospital inpatient who is classified as a medical patient for an episode within a spell of care and has at l...

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Autores principales: Stylianou, Neophytos, Fackrell, Robin, Vasilakis, Christos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Open 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5588983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015676