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Acknowledging the role of patient heterogeneity in hospital outcome reporting: Mortality after acute myocardial infarction in five European countries

BACKGROUND: Hospital performance, presented as the comparison of average measurements, dismisses that hospital outcomes may vary across types of patients. We aim at drawing out the relevance of accounting for patient heterogeneity when reporting on hospital performance. METHODS: An observational stu...

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Autores principales: Comendeiro-Maaløe, Micaela, Estupiñán-Romero, Francisco, Thygesen, Lau Caspar, Mateus, Céu, Merlo, Juan, Bernal-Delgado, Enrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7004308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32027676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228425