A Simple Insightful Approach to Investigating a Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio: An Illustrative Case-Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Stevens, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATIO; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84874589430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057845     Document Type: Article

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