Predicting risk-adjusted mortality for trauma patients: Logistic versus multilevel logistic models

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-231

  Clark, David E ^a,b   Hannan, Edward L ^c   Wu, Chuntao ^c,d  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; AIS; AISmax; logistic regression; LR; maximal Abbreviation Injury Scale score; ML; multilevel; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; NIS; O E; observed to expected ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955554898     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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