Reliability of in-hospital mortality as a quality indicator in clinical quality registries

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-440

  Koetsier, A ^a   Peek, N ^a   de Jonge, E ^b   Dongelmans, D ^a   van Berkel, G ^c   de Keizer, N ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Intensive Care ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Quality assurance; Registries; Risk adjustment; Root cause analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA MINING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84886556495     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME12-02-0070     Document Type: Article

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