Severity Measurement Methods and Judging Hospital Death Rates for Pneumonia

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-28

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^b   Ash, Arlene S ^c   Hughes, John S ^d   Daley, Jennifer ^a,e   Mackiernan, Yevgenia D ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Hlth Serv Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital death rates; Pneumonia; Severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029685789     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199601000-00002     Document Type: Article

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