Laboratory values improve predictions of hospital mortality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 491-501

  Pine, Michael ^a,b   Jones, Barbara ^b   Lou, You Bei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Michael Pine and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Hospital mortality; Laboratory data; Predictive power; Quality measurement; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CALCULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COHORT STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MISSOURI; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0032414387     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.6.491     Document Type: Review

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