An exploratory study using data envelopment analysis to assess neurotrauma patients in the intensive care unit

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-55

  Nathanson, Brian Harris ^a,c   Higgins, Thomas L ^b   Giglio, Richard J ^a   Munshi, Imtiaz A ^b   Steingrub, Jay S ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Head trauma; Health status index; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OSMOLALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BRAIN INJURIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037312148     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021912320922     Document Type: Review

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