Open AccessBroadly Applicable Risk Stratification System for Predicting Duration of Hospitalization and Mortality
Author(s) -
Daniel I. Sessler,
Jeffrey C. Sigl,
Paul J. Manberg,
Scott D. Kelley,
Armin Schubert,
Nassib G. Chamoun
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.874
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1528-1175
pISSN - 0003-3022
DOI - 10.1097/aln.0b013e3181f79a8d
Subject(s) - medicine , risk stratification , comorbidity , charlson comorbidity index , context (archaeology) , emergency medicine , statistic , risk assessment , risk of mortality , demography , statistics , computer science , mathematics , paleontology , sociology , computer security , biology
Hospitals are increasingly required to publicly report outcomes, yet performance is best interpreted in the context of population and procedural risk. We sought to develop a risk-adjustment method using administrative claims data to assess both national-level and hospital-specific performance.
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