Risk Adjustment for Comparing Hospital Quality with Surgery: How Many Variables Are Needed?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-508

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Osborne, Nicholas H ^a   Hall, Bruce L ^b   Ko, Clifford Y ^c   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL RISK;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949876887     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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