title: Measuring mortality outcomes to improve health care: rational use of ratings and rankings.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality; D006302:Health Services Research; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology