Surgical quality improvement: a simplified method to apply national standards to pediatric trauma care

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-159

  Leaphart, Cynthia L ^a   Graham, Darrell ^a   Pieper, Pam ^a   Celso, Brian G ^a   Tepas III, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

International Classification Injury Severity Score (ICISS); National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP); Outcome; Pediatric trauma care; Performance assessment; Risk adjustment; Survival probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SURVIVAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58149502917     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.119     Document Type: Article

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