Evaluating Risk-Adjusted Hospital Performance Using Large-Scale Data on Mortality Rates of Patients in Intensive Care Units: A Flexible Semi-Nonparametric Modeling Approach

Background and objective: Significant variability in the quality of healthcare supplied by hospitals is drawing broad attention from the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The primary issue is to evaluate hospital performance based on patient outcomes. Generalized linear rando...

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Main Authors: Yakun Liang, Xuejun Jiang, Bo Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10068535/