title: How to use risk-adjusted quality indicators to assess hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Delta Group, Inc., Greenville, SC, USA.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: DesHarnais
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Forthman
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Homa-Lowry
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Wooster
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology