The relationship between hospital volume and mortality in mechanical ventilation: An instrumental variable analysis

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 862-879

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a   Ten Have, Thomas R ^b   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Mortality; Respiratory failure; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PENNSYLVANIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65649154509     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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