Trends and Variations in the Rates of Hospital Complications, Failure-to-Rescue and 30-Day Mortality in Surgical Patients in New South Wales, Australia, 2002-2009

• Lixin Ou ,

  * E-mail: lixin.ou@unsw.edu.au

  Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School & Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Jack Chen,

  Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School & Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Hassan Assareh,

  Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School & Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Stephanie J. Hollis,

  Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School & Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Ken Hillman,

  Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School & Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Arthas Flabouris

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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