What hospital mortality league tables tell you [4]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7403, 2003, Pages 1397-1398

  Aylin, Paul ^a   Jarman, Brian ^a   Kelsey, Tim ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dr Foster Intelligence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 0038236483     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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