Michael Kuzniewicz Eduard E Vasilevskis Rondall Lane Mitzi L Dean Nisha G Trivedi, Deborah J Rennie, Ted Clay Pamela L Kotler Adams Dudley
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CHEST Journal
Federal and state agencies are considering ICU performance assessment and public reporting; however, an accurate method for measuring performance must be selected. In this study, we determine whether a substantial variation in ICU mortality performance still exists in modern ICUs, and compare the predictive accuracy, reliability, and data burden of...
Eduard E Vasilevskis Michael Kuzniewicz Brian A Cason, Rondall K Lane Mitzi L Dean Ted Clay Deborah J Rennie, Eric Vittinghoff R Adams Dudley
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CHEST Journal
To develop and compare ICU length-of-stay (LOS) risk-adjustment models using three commonly used mortality or LOS prediction models.
Between 2001 and 2004, we performed a retrospective, observational study of 11,295 ICU patients from 35 hospitals in the California Intensive Care Outcomes Project. We compared the accuracy of the following three LOS ...
