Complications, comorbidities, and mortality: Improving classification and prediction

Health Services Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-242

  Roos, Leslie L ^a   Stranc, Leonie ^a   James, Robert C ^a   Li, Jianwei ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

case mix adjustment; comorbidities; Complications; outcome prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE;

ALGORITHMS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANITOBA; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031011212     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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