Population
12,143 consecutive patients aged 80 years and older admitted between January 2004 and July 2009 to one of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
until hospital discharge
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May distort SMR-based ICU quality assessments without recalibration; leaves open optimal updating intervals pending prospective validation.
Infrequent recalibration of prognostic models can result in improper assessment of the quality of care, highlighting the need for timely recalibration and repeated validation over time.
Minne et al. (2011) studied this question.
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