The hospital standardised mortality ratio: A powerful tool for Dutch hospitals to assess their quality of care?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Jarman, B ^a   Pieter, D ^b   Van Der Veen, A A ^c   Kool, R B ^b   Aylin, P ^a   Bottle, A ^a   Westert, G P ^d   Jones, S ^e,f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Prismant Health Care and Advise Institute   (Netherlands)

^c De Praktijk Index   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Dr Foster Intelligence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77649121646     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.032953     Document Type: Article

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