title: Ranking hospitals on avoidable death rates derived from retrospective case record review: methodological observations and limitations.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.affiliation: Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lyratzopoulos
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Health policy; Medical error, measurement/epidemiology; Performance measures; Statistics