Although several hospital administrators continue to express concern about the effects of
hospital standardized mortality ratios (HSMRs)—particularly, negative press—proponents …

(CIHI), entitled HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada,
proposes the hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR) as a measure that can aid …

Background: Outcome measures, like hospital standardized mortality ratios (HSMRs), are
increasingly used to assess quality of care. The validity of HSMRs and their accuracy to …

ABSTRACT The Canadian Institute for Health Information began publishing hospital
standardized mortality ratio (HSMR) data for select Canadian hospitals in November 2007 …

Hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMRs) are presumed to reflect an overall quality of
patient care in hospitals. Figures for all Danish hospitals are being published quarterly on …

In 2008, Caritas Health Group (CHG), composed of the Edmonton area Catholic acute
hospital sites, became part of Covenant Health, Alberta's largest faith-based healthcare …

Background Despite methodological concerns Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios
(HSMRs) are promoted as measures of performance. Hospitals that experience an increase …

Introduction. Hospital standardized mortality ratios (HSMRs) are derived from administrative
databases and cover 80 percent of in‐hospital deaths with adjustment for available case mix …

Objectives Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR), an indicator that adjusts hospital
mortality for case-mix differences, is used as a hospital performance measure. The aim of …

Hospital standardized mortality ratios (HSMR) are meant to compare mortality risks between
hospitals. There is, however, much discussion about the value of the HSMR because …