Understanding articles comparing outcomes among intensive care units to rate quality of care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 773-781

  Randolph, Adrienne G ^a,e   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b   Carlet, Jean ^c   Cook, Deborah J ^d,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Epidemiology; Evidence based medicine; Outcomes research; Prediction; Prognosis; Quality of care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK;

EID: 0031918615     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199804000-00032     Document Type: Article

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