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Benchmarking short-term postoperative mortality across neurosurgery units: is hospital administrative data good enough for risk-adjustment?

Adam J WahbaNick PhillipsRyan K MathewPeter J HutchinsonAdel HelmyDavid A Cromwell
Published in: Acta neurochirurgica (2023)
Reasonable risk-adjustment models for 30-day mortality after neurosurgery procedures were possible using variables from HES, although the models for trauma neurosurgery performed less well. Including a measure of frailty often improved model performance.
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