Evaluation and Enhancement of Calibration in the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-239

  Liu, Yaoming ^a   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Hall, Bruce L ^a,c   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,d   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLON RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL RISK CALCULATOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969670110     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.03.040     Document Type: Article

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