Using hospital standardised mortality ratios to assess quality of care - proceed with extreme caution

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 645-648

  Scott, Ian A ^a   Brand, Caroline A ^b   Phelps, Grant E ^c   Barker, Anna L ^b   Cameron, Peter A ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959644244     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03150.x     Document Type: Article

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