Christine Pitocco
College of Business, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
[ 1 ] - Measuring Hospital Performance Using Mortality Rates: An Alternative to the RAMR
Background The risk-adjusted mortality rate (RAMR) is used widely by healthcare agencies to evaluate hospital performance. The RAMR is insensitive to case volume and requires a confidence interval for proper interpretation, which results in a hypothesis testing framework. Unfamiliarity with hypothesis testing can lead to erroneous interpretations by the public and other stakeholders. We argue t...
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