Convergent Validity of 2 Widely Used Methodologies for Calculating the Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Flanders, Belgium

From the ∗Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven–University of Leuven

†Departments of Quality

‡Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, University of Leuven

§University Hospitals Leuven

∥Department of Management, Information and Reporting, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Correspondence: Astrid Van Wilder, Msc, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 35, Blok D, 3000 Leuven, Belgium (e-mail: [email protected]).

The authors disclose no conflict of interest.

This research was supported by means of a research chair: “3M Chair: Sustainable Quality Information derived from Administrative Data.” The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study, the collection of the data, management of the data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and manuscript preparation, review, or approval.

Data Availability: The data sets generated during and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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