Long-term survival of intensive care and hospital patient cohorts compared with the general Australian population: A relative survival approach

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-435

  Ghelani, Dhaval ^a   Moran, John L ^a   Sloggett, Andy ^b   Leeson, Richard J ^a   Peake, Sandra L ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Excess hazard; Generalized linear model; Long term survival; Relative survival; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 66249137774     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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