Risk-adjusted morbidity and mortality models to compare the performance of two units after major lung resections

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-96

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Morgan Hughes, Nicholas J ^b   Refai, Majed ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a   Rocco, Gaetano ^c  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33845807906     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.058     Document Type: Article

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