[HTML][HTML] Performance of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II: a meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 145,592 cardiac surgery procedures
P Guida, F Mastro, G Scrascia, R Whitlock… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives A systematic review of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk
Evaluation (euroSCORE) II performance for prediction of operative mortality after cardiac …
Evaluation (euroSCORE) II performance for prediction of operative mortality after cardiac …
Hospital-level associations with 30-day patient mortality after cardiac surgery: a tutorial on the application and interpretation of marginal and multilevel logistic …
Background Marginal and multilevel logistic regression methods can estimate associations
between hospital-level factors and patient-level 30-day mortality outcomes after cardiac …
between hospital-level factors and patient-level 30-day mortality outcomes after cardiac …
Learning tasks for multitask learning: Heterogenous patient populations in the icu
Machine learning approaches have been effective in predicting adverse outcomes in
different clinical settings. These models are often developed and evaluated on datasets with …
different clinical settings. These models are often developed and evaluated on datasets with …
Rethinking thirty-day hospital readmissions: shorter intervals might be better indicators of quality of care
Public reporting and payment programs in the United States have embraced thirty-day
readmissions as an indicator of between-hospital variation in the quality of care, despite …
readmissions as an indicator of between-hospital variation in the quality of care, despite …
The unintended consequence of diabetes mellitus pay‐for‐performance (P4P) program in Taiwan: are patients with more comorbidities or more severe conditions …
TT Chen, KP Chung, IC Lin, MS Lai - Health services research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. Taiwan has instituted a pay‐for‐performance (P4P) program for diabetes mellitus
(DM) patients that rewards doctors based in part on outcomes for their DM patients. Doctors …
(DM) patients that rewards doctors based in part on outcomes for their DM patients. Doctors …
Risk adjustment in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a comparison of logistic versus hierarchical modeling
BACKGROUND: Although logistic regression has commonly been used to adjust for risk
differences in patient and case mix to permit quality comparisons across hospitals …
differences in patient and case mix to permit quality comparisons across hospitals …
Meaningful variation in performance: a systematic literature review
V Fung, JA Schmittdiel, B Fireman, A Meer… - Medical care, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recommendations for directing quality improvement initiatives at particular
levels (eg, patients, physicians, provider groups) have been made on the basis of empirical …
levels (eg, patients, physicians, provider groups) have been made on the basis of empirical …
Evaluation of a social protection policy on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study
Background Tuberculosis (TB) still represents a major public health problem in Latin
America, with low success and high default rates. Poor adherence represents a major threat …
America, with low success and high default rates. Poor adherence represents a major threat …
High variation between hospitals in vena cava filter use for venous thromboembolism
Background The extent to which vena cava filter (VCF) use varies between hospitals in the
management of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) is not clear. Methods We conducted …
management of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) is not clear. Methods We conducted …
Risk stratification for in-hospital mortality after cardiac surgery: external validation of EuroSCORE II in a prospective regional registry
D Paparella, P Guida, G Di Eusanio… - European journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES To evaluate performance of the European System for Cardiac Operation Risk
Evaluation (EuroSCORE II), to assess the influence of model updating and to derive a …
Evaluation (EuroSCORE II), to assess the influence of model updating and to derive a …