The value of linking hospital discharge and mortality data for comparative effectiveness research

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-184

  Mark, Tami L ^a   Lawrence, William ^b   Coffey, Rosanna M ^a   Kenney, Timothy ^c   Chu, Bong Chul ^a   Mohler, Emile R ^d,e   Steiner, Claudia ^b  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c Kenney IS Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

^d Bldg 421   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; comparative effectiveness; linked data; observational data analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84886945639     PISSN: 20426305     EISSN: 20426313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cer.13.4     Document Type: Article

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