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Mortality, readmission and length of stay have different relationships using hospital-level versus patient-level data: an example of the ecological fallacy affecting hospital performance indicators
- Correspondence to Dr Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, 2300 RC, Netherlands; p.j.marang{at}lumc.nl
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Mortality, readmission and length of stay have different relationships using hospital-level versus patient-level data: an example of the ecological fallacy affecting hospital performance indicators
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- Received April 5, 2017
- Revised August 22, 2017
- Accepted August 24, 2017
- First published October 6, 2017.
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May 17, 2018
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