Risk adjustment for injured patients using administrative data

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-140

  Clark, David E ^a,b,c   Winchell, Robert J ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Injury severity; Mortality; National Hospital Discharge Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4043124651     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000114240.58834.84     Document Type: Article

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