Global comparators project: International comparison of hospital outcomes using administrative data

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6 PART1, 2013, Pages 2081-2100

  Bottle, Alex ^a   Middleton, Steven ^b   Kalkman, Cor J ^c   Livingston, Edward H ^d   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dr Foster Intelligence   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d JAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Hospitals; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF CARE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; HOSPITALS; QUALITY OF CARE;

EID: 84892997029     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12074     Document Type: Article

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