Biostatistical aspects of outcome evaluation using TISS-28

European Journal of Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 164, Issue 584, 1999, Pages 56-61

  Lefering, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical care medicine; Outcome assessment; Scoring systems; TISS 28

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; APACHE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

APACHE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032586354     PISSN: 1102416X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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