Measuring Hospital Performance Using Mortality Rates: An Alternative to the RAMR

Background: The risk-adjusted mortality rate (RAMR) is used widely by healthcare agencies to evaluate hospital performance. The RAMR is insensitive to case volume and requires a confidence interval for proper interpretation, which results in a hypothesis testing framework. Unfamiliarity with hypothe...

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Autores principales: Pitocco, Christine, Sexton, Thomas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29626398
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.94

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29626398
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.94

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