title: The utility of utility scores.
authors.affiliation: 1 Center for Quality.|2 MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and.|3 Section of Infection Disease, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Landon
authors.affiliation: 1 Center for Quality.|4 Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge