title: Performance league tables: the NHS deserves better.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT. p.adab@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peymané
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adab
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rouse
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology