Table 1.
Example of variations in case mix under external standardization: Parameter values.
Fig 1.
SMRs for different numbers of patients η shifted from stratum 1 to stratum 2 in hospital 1, holding the number of patients belonging to stratum 3 constant.
Table 2.
Example of variations in hospital size under external standardization.
Table 3.
Example of variations in actual mortality rates under external standardization: Initial parameter values.
Fig 2.
SMRs for different mortality rates p11 = p21.
Table 4.
Example of variations in expected mortality rate under external standardization: Parameter values.
Fig 3.
SMRs for different expected mortality rates .
Table 5.
Example of variations in case mix under internal standardization: Parameter values.
Fig 4.
SMRs for different numbers of patients η shifted from stratum 1 to stratum 2 in hospital 1.
Table 6.
Example of variations of hospital size under internal standardization: Parameter values.
Fig 5.
SMRs for different scale factors λ affecting the size of hospital 1.
Table 7.
Example of variations in actual mortality rates under internal standardization: Parameter values.
Fig 6.
SMRs for different mortality rates p11 and patient shares w11 of hospital 1.
Table 8.
Fulfillment of axiomatic requirements by standardization approach.