Illness severity adjustment for outcomes analysis: Validation of the ICISS methodology in all 821,455 patients hospitalized in North Carolina in 1996

Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-196

  Rutledge, R ^a   Osler, T ^a   Kromhout Schiro, S ^a   Lillemoe, K D ^a   McMillen, M A ^a   Buchman, T G ^a   Barie, P S ^a   Curreri, P W ^a   McCarthy, W J ^a   Brothers, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031825790     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(98)70119-9     Document Type: Article

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