Are you 45% more likely to die in a UK hospital rather than a US hospital?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7926, 2013, Pages

  Spiegelhalter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885062325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5775     Document Type: Article

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