Ensuring comparisons of health-care providers are fair: development and validation of risk prediction models for critically ill patients

• Main Authors: David A Harrison (Author), Paloma Ferrando-Vivas (Author), Jason Shahin (Author), Kathryn M Rowan (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: National Institute for Health Research, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: National clinical audit has a key role in ensuring quality in health care. When comparing outcomes between providers, it is essential to take the differing case mix of patients into account to make fair comparisons. Accurate risk prediction models are therefore required. Objectives: To i...