How can we know whether short term trends in a hospital's HSMR are significant?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 143, Issue , 2009, Pages 149-154

  Frisch, Larry ^a,b   Anscombe, Leah ^a   Bamford, Michelle ^a  

^a VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case mix adjustment; Quality improvement; Standardized mortality ratio; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LARGE HOSPITALS; MIX ADJUSTMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME TRENDS;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 67449091048     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-58603-979-0-149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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