The impact of a multidisciplinary approach on caring for ventilator- dependent patients

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Young, Michael P ^a   Gooder, Valerie J ^a   Oltermann, Mark H ^a   Bohman, Connie B ^a   French, Thomas K ^b   James, Brent C ^b  

^a McKay Dee Hospital Center   (United States)

^b Institute for Health Care Delivery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Charges; Chronic; Collaboration; Costs; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Protocols; Quality; Ventilator dependent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; UTAH;

EID: 0031863156     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.1.15     Document Type: Article

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