Performance of in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization: Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Japan

• Main Authors: Motomura Noboru (Author), Matsuda Shinya (Author), Horiguchi Hiromasa (Author), Hashimoto Hideki (Author), Miyata Hiroaki (Author), Takamoto Shinichi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>In-hospital mortality is an important performance measure for quality improvement, although it requires proper risk adjustment. We set out to develop in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization using a nation-wid...