Routine use of administrative data for safety and quality purposes - hospital mortality

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2010, Pages

  Ben Tovim, David I ^a,b   Pointer, Sophie C ^b   Woodman, Richard ^b   Hakendorf, Paul H ^a   Harrison, James E ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952114762     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04022.x     Document Type: Article

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