The effect of preexisting conditions on hospital quality measurement for injured patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 728-734

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Meredith, Wayne ^d   Osler, Turner M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMA MORTALITY PROBABILITY MODEL ICD9;

COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77950860694     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d56770     Document Type: Article

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