Does academic output correlate with better mortality rates in NHS trusts in England?

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Bennett, W O ^a   Bird, J H ^a   Burrows, S A ^a   Counter, P R ^a   Reddy, V M ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Academic output; Charlson index; Citations per admission; Constant risk fallacy; Dr Foster health; Hospital episode statistics online; Hospital standardised mortality ratio; Mortality rates; NHS trusts

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATABASE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; RANKING;

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

BIBLIOMETRICS; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865991395     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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