Why the study?
Does the APACHE IVa model compared to the NQF model yield different ICU performance assessments in unselected ICU admissions?
Population
89,353 consecutive unselected ICU admissions across 47 ICUs at 36 U.S. hospitals from January 2008 to May…
Comparison
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation… vs National Quality Forum model for standardized…
Design
Cohort
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Risk-model choice may alter ICU performance rankings; leaves open the preferred case-mix adjustment for benchmarking.
Does the APACHE IVa model compared to the NQF model yield different ICU performance assessments in unselected ICU admissions?
APACHE IVa and NQF models yield significantly different ICU performance assessments due to differences in case-mix adjustment and exclusion criteria.
Kramer et al. (2014) studied this question.
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