Impact of present-on-admission indicators on risk-adjusted hospital mortality measurement

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1298-1306

  Dalton, Jarrod E ^a,b   Glance, Laurent G ^c   Mascha, Edward J ^a   Ehrlinger, John ^a   Chamoun, Nassib ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; PRESENT ON ADMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878659586     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31828e12b3     Document Type: Article

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