Calibration belt for quality-of-care assessment based on dichotomous outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Finazzi, Stefano ^a   Poole, Daniele ^b,c   Luciani, Davide ^d   Cogo, Paola E ^c,e   Bertolini, Guido ^c,d  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c GiViTI Steering Committee ^*  (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

CALIBRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952013335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016110     Document Type: Article

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