HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada.

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HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada.

December 12, 2007

Ottowa, Ontario, CA: Canadian Institute for Health Information; 2007. ISBN 9781554651832.

This report describes a new metric used to analyze mortality rates in Canadian health care and also includes region-specific data.

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