Are all deaths recorded equally? the impact of hospice care on risk-adjusted mortality

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 634-641

  Kozar, Rosemary A ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a,b   Xiong, Wei ^c   Nathens, Avery B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospice care; Public reporting; Risk adjusted mortality; Trauma benchmarking; Trauma Quality Improvement Performance (TQIP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84896727916     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000130     Document Type: Article

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