Comparison of hospital mortality rates after burn injury in New York state: A risk-adjusted population-based observational study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1040-1047

  Osler, Turner ^a   Glance, Laurent G ^b   Hosmer, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; ICD 9 codes; Institutional comparison; Logistic regression; Random effects model; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BRONCHITIS; BURN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GASES, FUMES, VAPORS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG; LUNG BURN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMAL INJURY; TRACHEA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054024510     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318217866f     Document Type: Article

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