title: Using hospital mortality rates to judge hospital performance: a bad idea that just won't go away.
authors.affiliation: Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT. r.j.lilford@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lilford
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pronovost
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D006113:United Kingdom