The impact of statistical choices on neonatal intensive care unit quality ratings based on nosocomial infection rates

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-434

  Lee, Henry C ^a,b,e   Chien, Alyna T ^c   Bardach, Naomi S ^b   Clay, Ted ^b   Gould, Jeffrey B ^d,e   Dudley, R Adams ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955570904     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.41     Document Type: Article

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