A formal, operational method for assessing mental status also was established to account for the frequent use of sedation and paralysis. Two diagnostic entities, chromosomal abnormalities and oncologic disease, reflect underlying health status as well as acute disease status. These units encompass a wide diversity of organizational structure and patient mixes. This is not surprising since it incorporates the most information over the longest time period. However, the other models also performed very well and are suitable for quality assessment.
Data shown below are the summary statistics for the estimation set.
III-12 Model with All Variables.