Standardised mortality ratios as a user-friendly performance metric and trigger for quality improvement in a Flemish hospital network: multicentre retrospective study

OBJECTIVE: To illustrate the development and use of standardised mortality rates (SMRs) as a trigger for quality improvement in a network of 27 hospitals. DESIGN: This research was a retrospective observational study. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. SMRs were calculated for All Patien...

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Autores principales: Tambeur, Wim, Stijnen, Pieter, Vanden Boer, Guy, Maertens, Pieter, Weltens, Caroline, Rademakers, Frank, De Ridder, Dirk, Vanhaecht, Kris, Bruyneel, Luk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6738686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31501118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029857

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