Hospital Variations in Severe Sepsis Mortality

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 328-336

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Donnelly, John P ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^b   Hohmann, Samuel F ^c,d   Levitan, Emily B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; outcomes; sepsis; variations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936757740     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614534461     Document Type: Article

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