Abstract
Some pairs of severity measures assigned very different severity levels to more than 20% of patients. Evaluations of patient outcomes need to be sensitive to the severity measures used for risk adjustment.
Keywords
MedicineMyocardial infarctionHeart failureInternal medicineDiseaseSeverity of illnessEmergency medicineCardiology
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- 1995
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- article
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 763-770
- Citations
- 164
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Lisa I. Iezzoni
(1995).
Predicting Who Dies Depends on How Severity Is Measured: Implications for Evaluating Patient Outcomes.
Annals of Internal Medicine
, 123
(10)
, 763-770.
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-123-10-199511150-00004
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- DOI
- 10.7326/0003-4819-123-10-199511150-00004