Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio: Consequences of Adjusting Hospital Mortality with Indirect Standardization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Pouw, Maurice E ^a   Peelen, Linda M ^a   Lingsma, Hester F ^b   Pieter, Daniel ^c   Steyerberg, Ewout ^b   Kalkman, Cor J ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; VALIDITY;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84876056668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059160     Document Type: Article

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