Mortality after cardiac bypass surgery: Prediction from administrative versus clinical data

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Geraci, Jane M ^a,b,f   Johnson, Michael L ^a,b   Gordon, Howard S ^a,b   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,b   Shroyer, A Laurie ^c,d   Grover, Frederick L ^c,e   Wray, Nelda P ^a,b  

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

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Administrative data; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Mortality; Outlier; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERANS;

EID: 13544266214     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200502000-00008     Document Type: Article

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