A simple insightful approach to investigating a hospital standardised mortality ratio: an illustrative case-study.

A simple insightful approach to investigating a hospital standardised mortality ratio: an illustrative case-study.

Despite methodological concerns Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMRs) are promoted as measures of performance. Hospitals that experience an increase in their HSMR are presented with a serious challenge but with little guidance on how to investigate this complex phenomenon. We illustrate a s...

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Main Authors: Mohammed A Mohammed, Andrew J Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3589454?pdf=render

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