The effect of patient selection on comorbidity-adjusted operative mortality risk: Implications for outcomes studies of surgical procedures

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Urbach, David R ^a,b,c,d   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity adjustment; Operative mortality rate; Risk adjustment; Selection bias; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036126523     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00508-X     Document Type: Article

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