Does the inclusion of stroke severity in a 30-day mortality model change standardized mortality rates at veterans affairs hospitals?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 508-513

  Keyhani, Salomeh ^a   Cheng, Eric ^b,c,f   Arling, Greg ^f,g,h   Li, Xinli ^d   Myers, Laura ^d,e,f   Ofner, Susan ^e,f   Williams, Linda S ^d,e,f,g,h   Phipps, Michael ⁱ   Ordin, Diana ^j   Bravata, Dawn M ^d,e,f,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VHA HSRandD Stroke Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Program   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^h REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j VHA Office of Quality and Performance   (United States)

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Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Outcome assessment (health care); Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84864585581     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.962936     Document Type: Article

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