Did hospital mortality in England change from 2005 to 2010? A retrospective cohort analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jacques, Richard M ^a   Fotheringham, James ^a   Campbell, Michael J ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case mix adjustment; Hospital mortality; Quality indicators; Retrospective study; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878814561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-216     Document Type: Article

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