title: Research evidence on the validity of risk-adjusted mortality rate as a measure of hospital quality of care.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Hofer
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology