Quantifying the potential bias when directly comparing standardised mortality ratios for in-unit neonatal mortality.

<h4>Introduction</h4>The Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) is increasingly used to compare the performance of different healthcare providers. However, it has long been known that differences in the populations of the providers can cause biased results when directly comparing two SMRs. T...

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Main Authors: T Alun Evans, Sarah E Seaton, Bradley N Manktelow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0061237&type=printable
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