 Research articleWhat is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher-risk adjusted mortality rates provide poorer quality care? A systematic review of the literatureDavid W Pitches Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7:91doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-91
Additional filesAdditional File 1: Search strategy PDF 11K Format: PDF Size: 12KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader Additional file 4: 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 Format: PDF Size: 17KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader Additional file 2: Studies that directly correlate processes of care with risk-adjusted mortality PDF 44K Format: PDF Size: 44KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader Additional file 3: Studies that indirectly correlate process with outcome PDF 29K Format: PDF Size: 30KB Download file This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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