Assessing the impact of missing data in evaluating the recovery of minor burn patients

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1086-1091

  Finlay, Vidya ^a   Burke, Krischelle ^a   van de Ruit, Claire ^a   Lapuz, Ramona ^a   Phillips, Michael ^b   Wood, Fiona ^a   Edgar, Dale ^a  

^a McComb Foundation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Burns; Minor; Missingness; Outcome; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MISSING DATA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURNS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350569333     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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