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A critical analysis of discovery health’s claims-based risk adjustment of mortality rates in South African private sector hospitals

Rodseth, R N; Smith, D; Maslo, C; Laubscher, A; Thabane, L.

S. Afr. med. j. (Online); 113 (1), 2023

In 2019, Discovery Health published a risk adjustment model to determine standardised mortality rates across South African private hospital systems, with the aim of contributing towards quality improvement in the private healthcare sector. However, the model suffers from limitations due to its design and...

Mortality, Hospital Mortality, Risk Adjustment, Private Sector, Quality Improvement

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Impact de la pandémie à COVID-19 sur la morbi-mortalité hospitalière au CHU Hussein Dey – Alger: étude comparative sur deux périodes (Avril-Septembre 2019 et Avril-Septembre 2020)
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital morbidity and mortality at the University Hospital of Hussein Dey - Algiers: a comparative study over two perdiods (april - september 2019 and april - september 2020)

Bouhentala Oussama, Wail; Kadir Mohamed, Yazid; Lamdjadani, Nouredinne; Rezzoug, Souhila; Benzarour, Nour El Houda; Bellatreche, Houda; Debbari, Nerdjas; Gaouaoui, Ahmed; Belatache, Fouzia.

Alger. J. health sci. (Online. Oran); 3 (3), 2021

Introduction : Depuis le début de la pandémie du COVID-19, les pays ont été confrontés au défi de prendre en charge les malades de la pandémie et en même temps de préserver la continuité des soins pour les autres patients, l’objectif de notre étude est d’évaluer l’impact de la pandémie...

COVID-19, Disease Management, Morbidity, Hospital Mortality

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