Quality Assurance of Health Care: The Case of Hernia Mortality

Abstract

The mortality rate attributed to hernias in 24 European countries in the last decades are analysed in the interest of quality assurance in health care. Ranking countries according to the mortality rate and to the distribution of deaths by age groups gives an acceptable and appropriate method for the assessment of both the health situation and the health services in different countries.

Citation

Angelus, T., Kecskemeti, M. and Arato, G. (1989), "Quality Assurance of Health Care: The Case of Hernia Mortality", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 2 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001985