Avoidable Mortality
Charles Wolfe MRCOG
(Lecturer in Community Medicine in Professor Holland's Health Services Research Unit at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, (UMDS), St Thomas' Campus, (London))
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Abstract
Standard Mortality Ratios (SMR) for certain diseases from which death is considered avoidable can be used as outcome indicators, measuring the effectiveness of health service intervention. The interpretation of SMRs for diseases such as stroke, asthma and cancer of the bladder will be discussed. The responsibility of health service managers and clinicians in the investigation of avoidable deaths is outlined in order that district health authorities (DHAs) can begin to reduce the number of unnecessary deaths from these diseases.
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Citation
Wolfe MRCOG, C. (1989), "Avoidable Mortality", Journal of Management in Medicine, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 104-107. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060534
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1989, MCB UP Limited