Showing posts with label hospital mortality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospital mortality. Show all posts

Friday, 21 August 2015

Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective case record review

"In conclusion, classifying the performance of English hospitals for avoidable hospital mortality based on a review of 2000 hospital deaths per year will result in both invalid and unreliable rankings."

Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective case record review: methodological observations and limitations
G Abel1, G Lyratzopoulos
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:554-557 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004366

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