van Walraven et al reported the Hospital-patient One-year Mortality Risk (HOMR) for a predicting one-year mortality for a hospitalized patient. It consists of multiple measures one of which is for the patient's admitting service.
Patient selection: hospitalized patient >= 20 years of age
Parameter: admitting service
Admitting Service
Points
general medicine
10
cardiology
8
gastroenterology
9
nephrology
9
neurology
9
palliative care
28
hematology/oncology
14
obstetrics (ante/intra/post partum)
0
gynecology
7
general surgery
8
cardiovascular surgery
9
neurosurgery
10
orthopedic surgery
7
plastic surgery
7
thoracic surgery
7
transplant surgery
7
trauma surgery
8
urology
6
subscore for admitting service =
= (point from table)
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