Development, validation, and results of a risk-standardized measure of hospital 30-day mortality for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 428-435

  Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b   Grosso, Laura M ^c   Wang, Changqin ^c,d   Wang, Yun ^c,d   Krishnan, Jerry A ^e   Lee, Todd A ^e   Au, David H ^f,g   Mularski, Richard A ^h,i   Bernheim, Susannah M ^c,d   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c,d  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881559204     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2066     Document Type: Article

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