Should do-not-resuscitate status be included as a mortality risk adjustor? The impact of DNR variations on performance reporting

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 658-666

  Tabak, Ying P ^a   Johannes, Richard S ^a,b   Silber, Jeffrey H ^c,d   Kurtz, Stephen G ^a  

^a Cardinal Health Data and Clinical Information ^*  (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"Comfort measures only"; Do not resuscitate (DNR); Mortality; Performance reporting; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 22244451699     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000167106.09265.4e     Document Type: Article

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