Nomograms are more meaningful than severity-adjusted institutional comparisons for reporting outcomes

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 600-603

  Hixson, Eric D ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644870685     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.11.033     Document Type: Editorial

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