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To what extent are inpatient deaths preventable?
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Dear Sir,
We read with interest Hogan et al's article1 on the prevalence of preventable inpatient mortality. This correlates both with our experience of the preventability of inpatient death and numerous prior series.2–4
There is, however, an interesting comparison to be made with the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR), and Summary Hospital-level …
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