Mortality after noncardiac surgery: Prediction from administrative versus clinical data

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Gordon, Howard S ^a,b   Johnson, Michael L ^a,b   Wray, Nelda P ^a,b   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,b   Henderson, William G ^c   Khuri, Shukri F ^d,e,g   Geraci, Jane M ^a,f  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases; Hospitals; Outcome assessment; Quality of health care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERANS;

EID: 13544250503     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200502000-00009     Document Type: Article

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