Severity of a case for outcome assessment in health care - Definitions and classifications of instruments

Health Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-52

  Almeida, Rosimary T ^a,b   Carlsson, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Disease severity illness severity; Outcome management system; Risk of death; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANXIETY; APACHE; DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029982374     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(96)00833-0     Document Type: Article

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