National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR): the ratio of the actual number of in-hospital deaths in a region or hospital to the number that would have been expected based on the types of patients a region or hospital treats.

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Canadian Institute for Health Information

Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR): the ratio of the actual number of in-hospital deaths in a region or hospital to the number that would have been expected based on the types of patients a region or hospital treats.

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Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Technical notes: Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR). Ottawa (ON): Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); 2011 Feb. 17 p.

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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Hospital standardized mortality ratio (HSMR): the ratio of the actual number of in-hospital deaths in a region or hospital to the number that would have been expected based on the types of patients a region or hospital treats.