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11981685

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-30
pubmed:abstractText
Every patient represents a unique and complex situation a clinician has to deal with. In order to cope with this complexity of information, reduction is necessary, especially in communication about diseases or therapy. The first reduction is made when a patient is given a diagnosis which reflects a constellation of similar symptoms. A score also reduces the given amount of clinical data into a one-dimensional value. The primary aim of a score is a systematic comparison between patients and institutions. Scores reduce information to focus on the essentials. They are used for severity classification and prognosis, evaluation of outcome and treatment effects, case-mix adjustments in comparative audits, and economic evaluation. Quality criteria of score systems which should be considered in the development and application are: reliability, validity, measurability, applicability, and clinical relevance. This introductory article gives a brief description of these terms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1435-2443
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
387
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Severity scores in surgery: what for and who needs them? An introduction: definition, aims, classification and evaluation.
pubmed:affiliation
Biochemical and Experimental Division, II. Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany. sekretariat-neugebauer@uni-koeln.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article