Trends in Canadian hospital standardised mortality ratios and palliative care coding 2004-2010: A retrospective database analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Chong, Christopher A K Y ^a,b   Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^c,d   Wilcox, M Elizabeth ^e  

^a Section of General Internal Medicine   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

EID: 84871042613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001729     Document Type: Article

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