Evaluating the performance of trauma centers: Hierarchical modeling should be used

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1132-1137

  Moore, Lynne ^a   Hanley, James A ^a   Turgeon, Alexis F ^b,c   Lavoie, André ^b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche du CHA   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hierarchical logistic regression; Ordinary logistic regression; Patient mortality; TRAM; Trauma center profiling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 78549261706     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181cc8449     Document Type: Article

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