Patient outcomes for the chronically critically 111: Special care unit versus intensive care unit

Nursing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 324-331

  Rudy, Ellen B ^a   Daly, Barbara J ^b   Douglas, Sara ^b   Montenegro, Hugo D ^b   Song, Rhayun ^b   Dyer, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY NURSING CARE;

EID: 0029398977     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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