Hospital case volume and outcomes among patients hospitalized with severe sepsis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 548-555

  Walkey, Allan J ^a   Wiener, Renda Soylemez ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895515537     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201311-1967OC     Document Type: Article

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