Focus on research methods: Developing risk-adjusted 30-day hospital mortality rates

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 483-496

  Tourangeau, Ann E ^a,b   Tu, Jack V ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care hospitals; Administrative data; Mortality; Outcomes research; Risk adjustment methodology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEPTICEMIA; STROKE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DATA BASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

AGED; DATABASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342657396     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10110     Document Type: Article

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