With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Big Data Research from the National Inpatient Sample

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Khera, Rohan ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

biostatistics; database; length of stay; patient discharge; public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REIMBURSEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS (HEALTH CARE); CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA MINING; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, HEALTHCARE; BIG DATA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA ACCURACY; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85024839783     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003846     Document Type: Article

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