Have there been 13 000 needless deaths at 14 NHS trusts?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7920, 2013, Pages

  Spiegelhalter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84882440892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4893     Document Type: Note

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