Effects of study methodology on adverse outcome occurrence and mortality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 399-406

  Marang van de Mheen, Perla J ^a   Hollander, Evert Jan F ^a   Kievit, Job ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse outcome occurrence; Mortality; Study methodology; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL AUDIT; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549040583     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm039     Document Type: Article

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