Variation in Risk-Standardized Mortality of Stroke among Hospitals in Japan.

Despite recent advances in care, stroke remains a life-threatening disease. Little is known about current hospital mortality with stroke and how it varies by hospital in a national clinical setting in Japan. Using the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database (a national inpatient database in Japan),...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4596625?pdf=render