title: Author's reply to Goldacre.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL Medical School, London NW3 2PF, UK.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freemantle
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*