Comparison of outcome predictions made by physicians, by nurses, and by using the mortality prediction model

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 313-319

  Copeland Fields, Lynda ^a   Griffin, Terry ^a   Jenkins, Trisha ^a   Buckley, Maggie ^a   Wise, Lowell C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035464998     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2001.10.5.313     Document Type: Review

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