What is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher-risk adjusted mortality rates provide poorer quality care A systematic review of the literature 英文论文文献.docVIP

BMC Health Services Research BioMedCentral Research article Open Access What is the empirical evidence that hospitals with higher-risk adjusted mortality rates provide poorer quality care? A systematic review of the literature David W Pitches, Mohammed A Mohammed and Richard J Lilford* Address: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Email: David W Pitches - dwp@.uk; Mohammed A Mohammed - m.a.mohammed@bham.ac.uk; Richard J Lilford* - r.j.lilford@bham.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 20 June 2007 Received: 7 August 2006 Accepted: 20