Stability of the Euroscore as an identification tool for patient risk groups - Dependency of the applied documentation system;Stabilität des Euro-score als instrument zur identifikation von patientenrisikogruppen - Abhängigkeit des verwendeten dokumentationssystems

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-130

  Osswald, B R ^a   Tochtermann, U ^a   Thomas, G ^a   Vahl, C F ^a   Hagl, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; Risk adjustment; Score systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EUROSCORE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036188205     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920200001     Document Type: Article

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