Preventing discharge bias by time-specific measures or stratification of reporting of in-hospital ICU mortality by hospital bed size

Crit Care Med. 2014 Oct;42(10):e684-5. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000495.

Authors

Sylvia Brinkman¹, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Evert de Jonge, Nicolet F de Keizer, Dave A Dongelmans

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Intensive Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 25226148
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000495

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Bias*
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Discharge / statistics & numerical data*
Quality of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*