What is it about?
Examines two instances of large changes in the standardized hospital mortality rate associated with changes in the number of admissions
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Why is it important?
The hospital mortality rate is supposed to be independent of changes in activity. This is clearly not the case are there are flaws in the calculation of HSMR.
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This is part of a longer series investigating the reliability of hospital standardised mortality rates, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Hospital mortality rates and changes in activity, British Journal of Healthcare Management, October 2016, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2016.22.10.519.
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