Prognostic systems in intensive care: How do you interpret an observed mortality that is higher than expected?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 258-260

  Zimmerman, Jack E ^a   Wagner, Douglas P ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Benchmarking; Case mix; Intensive care; Outcome assessment (health care); Prognosis; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033965501     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200001000-00048     Document Type: Editorial

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