The relationship of gender and in-hospital death: Increased risk of death in men

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 318-324

  Gordon, Howard S ^a   Rosenthal, Gary E ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Health Care Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Outcome assessment; Regression analysis; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033093396     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199903000-00011     Document Type: Article

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