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Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success.

Shojania KG, Forster AJ. Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success. CMAJ. 2008;179(2):153-7. doi:10.1503/cmaj.080010.

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July 30, 2008
Shojania KG, Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2008;179(2):153-7.
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This commentary discusses the limitations of using hospital standardized mortality ratios as a measure of the quality of care, as illustrated in a recent study of preventable deaths after cardiac surgery.

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Shojania KG, Forster AJ. Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success. CMAJ. 2008;179(2):153-7. doi:10.1503/cmaj.080010.