The hospital standardized mortality ratio fallacy: A narrative review

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 662-667

  Van Gestel, Yvette R B M ^a   Lemmens, Valery E P P ^a,b   Lingsma, Hester F ^b   De Hingh, Ignace H J T ^c   Rutten, Harm J T ^c   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hospital standardized mortality ratio; outcome; process; quality of care; structure

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84863821164     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31824ebd9f     Document Type: Review

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