Acknowledging the role of patient heterogeneity in hospital outcome reporting: Mortality after acute myocardial infarction in five European countries

Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: e0228425 - e0228425
Published: Feb 6, 2020
Abstract
Background Hospital performance, presented as the comparison of average measurements, dismisses that hospital outcomes may vary across types of patients. We aim at drawing out the relevance of accounting for patient heterogeneity when reporting on hospital performance. Methods An observational study on administrative data from virtually all 2009 hospital admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) discharged in Denmark, Portugal, Slovenia,...
Paper Details
Title
Acknowledging the role of patient heterogeneity in hospital outcome reporting: Mortality after acute myocardial infarction in five European countries
Published Date
Feb 6, 2020
Journal
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
e0228425 - e0228425
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