Measuring Hospital-Wide Mortality-Pitfalls and Potential

Journal for Healthcare Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 187-194

  MacKenzie, Simon J ^a   Goldmann, Don A ^b   Perla, Rocco J ^c   Parry, Gareth J ^d  

^a HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality performance improvement quality improvement; public reporting transparency; quality measures

Indexed keywords

CASE MIX; HOSPITAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY RATE; PURCHASING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978795168     PISSN: 10622551     EISSN: 19451474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhq.12080     Document Type: Article

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