Case-mix adjustment for evaluation of mortality in cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-105

  O'Connor, Gerald T ^a,e   Quinton, Hebe B ^a   Kahn, Richard ^b   Robichaud, Priscilla ^a   Maddock, Joanne ^c   Lever, Thomas ^d   Detzer, Mark ^a   Brooks, John G ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix; Center variability; Cystic fibrosis; Mortality rates; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036163928     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10042     Document Type: Article

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