TY - JOUR T1 - To what extent are inpatient deaths preventable? JF - BMJ Quality & Safety JO - BMJ Qual Saf SP - 607 LP - 608 DO - 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001649 VL - 22 IS - 7 AU - Robert Nash AU - James Quinn Y1 - 2013/07/01 UR - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/22/7/607.1.abstract N2 - 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.2–4There is, however, an interesting comparison to be made with the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR), and Summary Hospital-level … ER -