HealthcarePapers
Vol. 8 No. 4 2008 | HSMR
Invited Essay
Do Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratios Measure Patient Safety? HSMRs in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Robert B. Penfold, Stafford Dean, Ward Flemons and Michael Moffatt
Commentary
Understanding and Using the Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities
Eugene Wen, Carolyn Sandoval, Jennifer Zelmer and Greg Webster
Commentary
Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio: The Way Forward in Ontario
John McKinley, Debbie Gibson and Sten Ardal
Commentary
Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio Is a Useful Burning Platform
Catherine Zahn, Michael Baker, John MacNaughton, Cara Flemming and Robert Bell
Commentary
CIHI's Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio: Friend or Foe?
Susan E. Brien and William A. Ghali
The Authors Respond
Follow the Big Dots?
Robert B. Penfold, Stafford Dean, Ward Flemons and Michael Moffatt