Predicting hospital mortality among frequently readmitted patients: HSMR biased by readmission

• Asıl Yazarlar: Kelder Johannes C (Yazar), van den Bosch Wim F (Yazar), Wagner Cordula (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BMC, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Casemix adjusted in-hospital mortality is one of the measures used to improve quality of care. The adjustment currently used does not take into account the effects of readmission, because reliable data on readmission is not readily a...