title: Dead souls--comparing Dartmouth Atlas benchmarks with CMS outcomes data.
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Langberg
authors.forename: Jeanne T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology