Empirically derived composite measures of surgical performance

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Staiger, Douglas O ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^b   Baser, Onur ^b   Fan, Zhaohui ^b   Birkmeyer, John D ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Mortality; Quality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FORECASTING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PURCHASING; RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; AORTA VALVE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL; MALE; MEDICAID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59049097980     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181847574     Document Type: Article

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