Postoperative mortality and pulmonary complication rankings: How well do they correlate at the hospital level?

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 979-991

  Arozullah, Ahsan M ^a,f,g   Henderson, William G ^b   Khuri, Shukri F ^c,d   Daley, Jennifer ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Tenet HealthSystems   (United States)

^f Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service   (United States)

^g JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment; Quality of care; Risk adjustment; Surgery; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ADJUSTMENT; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0042381820     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200308000-00011     Document Type: Article

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