Baseline hospital performance and the impact of medical emergency teams: Modelling vs. conventional subgroup analysis

Trials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Jack ^a   Flabouris, Arthas ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c   Hillman, Ken ^a   Finfer, Simon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Intensive Care Unit   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL CARE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 74549127154     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-117     Document Type: Article

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