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. 2002 Jan 12;324(7329):95-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7329.95.

Performance league tables: the NHS deserves better

Peymané Adab  1 , Andrew M Rouse, Mohammed A Mohammed, Tom Marshall
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Performance league tables: the NHS deserves better

Peymané Adab et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Time taken to break into different models of car (example of league table, adapted from Which? 2000;October:43 (published by the Consumers' Association, 2 Marylebone Road, London NW1 4DF))
Figure 2
Figure 2
League table for mortality (with 95% confidence interval) in hospital within 30 days of admission for patients admitted with myocardial infarction (patients aged 35-74 years admitted to the 37 very large acute hospitals in England during 1998-9)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Control chart for number of deaths in hospital within 30 days of admission for patients admitted with myocardial infarction (patients aged 35-74 years admitted to the 37 very large acute hospitals in England during 1998-9). (Both axes show square root of values, according to method by Tukey21)
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