A comparison of three strategies for risk-adjustment of outcomes for AIDS patients hospitalized for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1424-1431

  Bakken, Suzanne ^a   Dolter, Kathryn J ^b   Holzemer, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USA MEDCOM   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Length of stay; Mortality; Outcomes; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; APACHE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033258290     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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