Identifying unusual performance in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units from 2000 to 2010

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Solomon, Patricia J ^a   Kasza, Jessica ^b   Moran, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hierarchical models; Hospital comparisons; Intensive care performance; Multiple comparisons; Risk adjusted mortality; Seasonal effects; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; SEASON; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899990894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-53     Document Type: Article

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