Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective case record review: methodological observations and limitations

BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Sep;24(9):554-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004366. Epub 2015 Jul 3.

Authors

Gary Abel¹, Georgios Lyratzopoulos²

Affiliations

¹ Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Health policy; Medical error, measurement/epidemiology; Performance measures; Statistics.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hospital Mortality / trends*
Hospitals / classification*
Humans
Medical Audit
Retrospective Studies
United Kingdom / epidemiology

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