Comparing hospital mortality - How to count does matter for patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke and hip fracture

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kristoffersen, Doris T ^a   Helgeland, Jon ^a   Clench Aas, Jocelyne ^b   Laake, Petter ^c   Veierod, Marit B ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

AMI; Cause of death; Episode of care; Hip fracture; Hospital comparison; Mortality; Quality indicator; Stroke; Transferred patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STROKE;

EID: 84867660552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-364     Document Type: Article

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