Inter-hospital comparison of mortality rates

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Ansari, M Z ^a,c   Ackland, M J ^a   Jolley, D J ^a   Carson, N ^a   McDonald, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Health Care Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative database; Comorbidities; In hospital death; Inter hospital comparison; Quality of care; Severity adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033034524     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/11.1.29     Document Type: Article

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