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A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals
P.J. Devereaux, Peter T.L. Choi, Christina Lacchetti, Bruce Weaver, Holger J. Schünemann, Ted Haines, John N. Lavis, Brydon J.B. Grant, David R.S. Haslam, Mohit Bhandari, Terrence Sullivan, Deborah J. Cook, Stephen D. Walter, Maureen Meade, Humaira Khan, Neera Bhatnagar and Gordon H. Guyatt
CMAJ May 28, 2002 166 (11) 1399-1406;
P.J. Devereaux
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Peter T.L. Choi
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Christina Lacchetti
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Bruce Weaver
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Holger J. Schünemann
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Ted Haines
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
John N. Lavis
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Brydon J.B. Grant
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
David R.S. Haslam
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Mohit Bhandari
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Terrence Sullivan
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Deborah J. Cook
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Stephen D. Walter
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Maureen Meade
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Humaira Khan
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Neera Bhatnagar
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Gordon H. Guyatt
From the Departments of *Medicine, †Anesthesia, ‡Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, §§Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, and ¶¶Surgery and the †††Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Departments of §Medicine, ¶Social and Preventive Medicine, and ††Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, and the ‡‡Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; the **Institute for Work and Health and the Population Health Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, and the ***Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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P.J. Devereaux, Peter T.L. Choi, Christina Lacchetti, Bruce Weaver, Holger J. Schünemann, Ted Haines, John N. Lavis, Brydon J.B. Grant, David R.S. Haslam, Mohit Bhandari, Terrence Sullivan, Deborah J. Cook, Stephen D. Walter, Maureen Meade, Humaira Khan, Neera Bhatnagar, Gordon H. Guyatt
CMAJ May 2002, 166 (11) 1399-1406;
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals
P.J. Devereaux, Peter T.L. Choi, Christina Lacchetti, Bruce Weaver, Holger J. Schünemann, Ted Haines, John N. Lavis, Brydon J.B. Grant, David R.S. Haslam, Mohit Bhandari, Terrence Sullivan, Deborah J. Cook, Stephen D. Walter, Maureen Meade, Humaira Khan, Neera Bhatnagar, Gordon H. Guyatt
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