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Should Do-Not-Resuscitate status be included as a mortality risk adjustor? The impact of DNR variations on performance reporting.

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Ying P. Tabak, Richard S. Johannes, Jeffrey H. Silber, Stephen G. Kurtz

01 Jul 2005-Medical Care

TL;DR: Using locally defined DNR as an additional covariate potentially introduces systematic bias in performance reporting and a more uniform definition and application of DNR is needed if it is to be included as a risk adjustor.

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Abstract: Background:The practice of ordering “Do-Not-Resuscitate” (DNR) varies across hospitals. No research has explored how the DNR variation would affect cross-institutional performance reporting when DNR status is used as a risk adjustor.Objective:We sought to assess the impact of DNR variation on perfor

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Prevalence and mortality impact of hypoalbuminemia among sepsis patients: analysis of 65,470 admissions between 2000–2003.: 104-m

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Ying P. Tabak, Richard S. Johannes

01 Dec 2005-Critical Care Medicine

4 citations