| Description |
ix, 136 pages : illustrations, charts ; 30 cm |
| Summary |
"Measuring and reporting mortality in hospital patients" aims to develop national indicators of in-hospital mortality and was one of several projects conducted as part of the National Indicators Project commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. The project has two parts: a literature review focussing on methods for analysing and reporting in-hospital mortality, and a modelling project aimed at identifying national indicators of hospital mortality that can be implemented now and in the future -- p.vii |
| Notes |
Authors cited in online version: David Ben-Tovim, Richard Woodman and Paul Hakendorf from the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University and James E. Harrison, Sophie Pointer and Geoffrey Henley from AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit, Flinders University |
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"March 2009" |
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AIHW Cat no. HSE 69 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-107) |
| Notes |
"The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the ASCQHC) has funded a major project being undertaken by the Australian Institute of Health (AIHW) to develop national indicators of safety and quality in health care. This is a report of a support project undertaken in conjunction with the major project."-- p. v |
| Subject |
Hospitals -- Risk management -- Australia.
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Hospital patients -- Mortality -- Australia.
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| Author |
Ben-Tovim, D. I.
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Flinders Medical Centre. Clinical Epidemiology Unit
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National Injury Surveillance Unit (Australia)
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
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| ISBN |
9781740249041 |
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