You said in the lecture that the best approach to measure severity is to combine more different severity indices. My question is which of these severity indices are more commonly used?
This is an interesting question. The severity indices used in hospitals depend on the whether the hospital is a teaching hospital or non-teaching and which indices the clinician is educated in as well as how much importance is put on technology. Using indices means you have to collect data and have the resources to do that. Ememrgency Rooms often use an index to help them decide proper placement of critical patients. The ones listed in the lecture are most widely known. Another one is the 3M APR-DRG classification which is based on ICD-9 codes and is rated at discharge. This question was asked on 6/26/2005 2:13:18 PM and answered on 6/26/2005 6:19:34 PM.
