Developing a summary hospital mortality index: Retrospective analysis in English hospitals over five years

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7848, 2012, Pages

  Campbell, Michael J ^a   Jacques, Richard M ^a   Fotheringham, James ^a   Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMARY HOSPITAL MORTALITY INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858411024     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1001     Document Type: Article

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