An empirical comparison of key statistical attributes among potential ICU quality indicators

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1821-1831

  Brown, Sydney E S ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; ICU quality indicators; outcome measures; process measures; quality and patient safety; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ULCER; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PEPTIC ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84904615368     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000334     Document Type: Article

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