Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; The Hospital Standardized Mortality Rate between 2003 and 2005

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of mortality in Dutch hospitals between 2003 and 2005

	2003	2004	2005
Total deaths	34,391	32,408	31,808
(a)
HSMR Mean (SD) and all hospitals	100 (14.9)	90 (14.5)	83 (11.9)
HSMR Mean (SD) 7 academic hospitals	117 (20.1)	103 (23.3)	94 (16.9)
Min/Max HSMR	74 – 151	62 – 140	57 – 120
(b)
HSMR Mean (SD) all hospitals	100 (14.9)	100 (16.2)	100 (14.3)
Min/Max HSMR	74 – 151	69 – 156	70 – 144

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