Factors affecting hospital mortality rate in Iran: a panel data analysis

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Factors affecting hospital mortality rate in Iran: a panel data analysis Mohsen Bayati and Mehrnoosh Emadi* 

Abstract  Objective:  Hospital deaths account for a large number of community deaths. Moreover, one of the main indicators of inpatient services quality is the hospital death. This study was performed to investigate the factors affecting hospital death rate in Iran using panel data analysis. Results:  The net death rates in teaching and not-teaching hospitals were 6.24 and 5.58 per 1000 patients, respectively. Models’ estimates showed, in teaching hospitals the number of surgeries (P