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- Title
Comparison of hospital risk-standardized mortality rates calculated by using in-hospital and 30-day models: an observational study with implications for hospital profiling.
- Authors
Drye, Elizabeth E; Normand, Sharon-Lise T; Wang, Yun; Ross, Joseph S; Schreiner, Geoffrey C; Han, Lein; Rapp, Michael; Krumholz, Harlan M
- Abstract
In-hospital mortality measures, which are widely used to assess hospital quality, are not based on a standardized follow-up period and may systematically favor hospitals with shorter lengths of stay (LOSs).
- Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2012, Vol 156, Issue 1 Pt 1, p19
- ISSN
1539-3704
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-156-1-201201030-00004