Methods for Estimating and Interpreting Provider-Specific Standardized Mortality Ratios [0.03%]
估计和解释特定供应商的标准化死亡率比的方法
Jiannong Liu,Thomas A Louis,Wei Pan et al.
Jiannong Liu et al.
Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) are widely used as a measurement of quality of care for profiling and otherwise comparing medical care providers. Invalid estimation or inappropriate interpretation may have serious local and national co...
Kevin G Lynch,Mark Cary,Robert Gallop et al.
Kevin G Lynch et al.
In the context of randomized intervention trials, we describe causal methods for analyzing how post-randomization factors constitute the process through which randomized baseline interventions act on outcomes. Traditionally, such mediation ...
Rongheng Lin,Thomas A Louis,Susan M Paddock et al.
Rongheng Lin et al.
Provider profiling (ranking/percentiling) is prevalent in health services research. Bayesian models coupled with optimizing a loss function provide an effective framework for computing non-standard inferences such as ranks. Inferences depen...
Predicting the Length of Stay of Patients Admitted for Intensive Care Using a First Step Analysis [0.03%]
使用第一步分析预测重症监护入院患者的住院时间长度
Adriana Perez,Wenyaw Chan,Rodolfo J Dennis
Adriana Perez
For patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU), the length of stay in different destinations after the first day of ICU admission, has not been systematically studied. We aimed to estimate the average length of stay (LOS) of such patie...