title: Mortality trends in critical access hospitals--in reply.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Joynt
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Orav
authors.forename: Ashish K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000401:mortality*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality*