Reliability adjustment: A necessity for trauma center ranking and benchmarking

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-172

  Hashmi, Zain G ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^c   Efron, David T ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^d   Schwartz, Diane ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^d   Haider, Adil H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; NTDB; Reliability adjustment; Trauma mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880266054     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318298494f     Document Type: Article

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