Performance of in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization: Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Japan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>In-hospital mortality is an important performance measure for quality improvement, although it requires proper risk adjustment. We set out to develop in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization using a nation-wid...

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Main Authors: Motomura Noboru, Matsuda Shinya, Horiguchi Hiromasa, Hashimoto Hideki, Miyata Hiroaki, Takamoto Shinichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/229