Prospective assessment of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) as a measure of quality of care in an intensive care unit - A single-centre study

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 328-332

  Siegel, Tomasz ^a   Adamski, Jan ^b   Nowakowski, Piotr ^a   Onichimowski, Dariusz ^c   Weigl, Wojciech ^d  

^a Czerniakowski Hospital   (Poland)

^b Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^c Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Regional Hospital in Olsztyn   (Poland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Mortality; Quality; Standardized mortality ratio;

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; POLAND; POPULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURGICAL PATIENT; ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84942853348     PISSN: 16425758     EISSN: 17312531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/AIT.2015.0044     Document Type: Article

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