Assessing mortality rates from dubious data - When to stop doing statistics and start doing mathematics

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-241

  Gallivan, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation errors; Mortality; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23944500828     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-005-2015-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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