Comparing methods to calculate hospital-specific rates of early death or urgent readmission

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c   Wong, Jenna ^b,c   Hawken, Steven ^b,c   Forster, Alan J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 84868155092     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120801     Document Type: Article

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