Evaluation of a national surveillance system for mortality alerts: a mixed-methods study

• Main Authors: Paul Aylin (Author), Alex Bottle (Author), Susan Burnett (Author), Elizabeth Cecil (Author), Kathryn L Charles (Author), Paul Dawson (Author), Danielle D'Lima (Author), Aneez Esmail (Author), Charles Vincent (Author), Samantha Wilkinson (Author), Jonathan Benn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Since 2007, Imperial College London has generated monthly mortality alerts, based on statistical process control charts and using routinely collected hospital administrative data, for all English acute NHS hospital trusts. The impact of this system has not yet been studied. Objectives: T...