Effect of correcting outcome data for case mix: An example from stroke medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7045, 1996, Pages 1503-1505

  Davenport, Richard J ^a   Dennis, Martin S ^a   Warlow, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029886927     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7045.1503     Document Type: Article

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