Derivation and validation of a quality indicator of acute care length of stay to evaluate trauma care

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1121-1127

  Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Stelfox, Henry Thomas ^c   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a,b,d   Nathens, Avery B ^e   Lavoie, André ^b,f   Émond, Marcel ^a   Bourgeois, Gilles ^f   Neveu, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b University Laval   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Department of Medicine Division of Critical Care   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Institute national d'excellence en santé et services sociaux   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Benchmarking; Derivation; Injury; Length of stay; Prediction; Quality indicator; Trauma system; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922329195     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000648     Document Type: Article

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