Research article
What is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher-risk adjusted mortality rates provide poorer quality care? A systematic review of the literature
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* Corresponding author: Richard J Lilford r.j.lilford@bham.ac.uk
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7:91 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-91
Published: 20 June 2007Additional files
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Search strategy PDF 11K
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Relationship between risk-adjusted mortality and processes of care by several strata – type of correlation, condition and organisation. Bracketed () figures are the most optimistic intuitive count if the three studies from Additional File 2 are included in which the relationship between quality of care and mortality was influenced by one outlier hospital. PDF 17K
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Studies that directly correlate processes of care with risk-adjusted mortality PDF 44K
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Studies that indirectly correlate process with outcome PDF 29K
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