Published in Am J Public Health on August 01, 1983
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Comparison of the performance of two comorbidity measures, with and without information from prior hospitalizations. Med Care (2001) 2.96
Advance directives for seriously ill hospitalized patients: effectiveness with the patient self-determination act and the SUPPORT intervention. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc (1997) 2.84
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The range of intensive care services today. JAMA (1981) 1.49
Identification of low-risk monitor patients within a medical-surgical intensive care unit. Med Care (1983) 1.48
The use of risk predictions to identify candidates for intermediate care units. Implications for intensive care utilization and cost. Chest (1995) 1.44
The illusion of end-of-life resource savings with advance directives. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc (1997) 1.42
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African-American and white patients admitted to the intensive care unit: is there a difference in therapy and outcome? Crit Care Med (1995) 1.24
Prognosis for recovery from multiple organ system failure: the accuracy of objective estimates of chances for survival. The French Multicentric Group of ICU Research. Med Decis Making (1990) 1.16
Identification of low-risk monitor admissions to medical-surgical ICUs. Chest (1987) 1.14
The clinical evaluation of new drugs for sepsis. A prospective study design based on survival analysis. JAMA (1993) 1.14
Predicting the duration of mechanical ventilation. The importance of disease and patient characteristics. Chest (1996) 1.13