Hospital mortality data: to review or not to review.
The health care industry questioned the validity of the hospital-specific mortality data recently released by HCFA. But are the data of value to hospitals? The author explains how Maryland hospitals' analysis of mortality data has enabled them to explain variations to the public and improve their quality assurance programs.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003625:Data Collection; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D007255:Information Services; D008396:Maryland; D009026:Mortality; D014481:United States