Preventability classification in mortality cases: A reliability study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1097-1102

  Pasquale, Michael D ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^b  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outcomes; Performance improvement; Software; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73649101327     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b8fc6c     Document Type: Article

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