R Mohseni, N Sandoughdar
Survey of Voice Acoustic Parameters in Iranian Female Teachers
Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation
use two national databases quantify pace magnitude improvement hospital performance measured mortality across hospitals caring critically ill children united states used empirical bayes shrinkage estimators obtain shrinkage estimators observedexpected mortality ratios hospital assuming gamma poisson posterior distribution revised mortality rates hospital obtained shrunken incidence ratios pediatric health information system participating hospital kids inpatient database participating hospital patients less equal 18 years old received invasive mechanical ventilation hospital stay pediatric health information system participating hospital 20052015 kids inpatient database participating hospital 19972012 included none total 486838 patients 48 pediatric health information system hospitals 798840 patients 947 kids inpatient database hospitals included pediatric health information system hospitals median shrunken adjusted mortality decreased 1166 2005 711 2015 kids inpatient database hospitals decreased 579 1997 386 2012 2015 95 pediatric health information system hospitals performed better well best 25 hospitals 2005 2012 337 kids inpatient database hospitals performed better well best 25 hospitals 1997 study provides insight magnitude improvement patient mortality hospitals caring critically ill children united states study quantifies hospital performance pediatric critical care time provides benchmarks individual hospitals assess performance future pediatric epidemiologic studies identify outcomes mortality quantify improvement hospital performance