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Variation in ICU Risk-Adjusted Mortality *

Michael Kuzniewicz Eduard E Vasilevskis Rondall Lane Mitzi L Dean Nisha G Trivedi, Deborah J Rennie, Ted Clay Pamela L Kotler Adams Dudley

Published in 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...

Mortality Probability Model III and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II

Eduard E Vasilevskis Michael Kuzniewicz Brian A Cason, Rondall K Lane Mitzi L Dean Ted Clay Deborah J Rennie, Eric Vittinghoff R Adams Dudley

Published in 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 ...

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