Evaluation of predicted and actual length of stay in 22 Scottish intensive care units using the APACHE III system

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1058-1065

  Woods, A W ^a   MacKirdy, F N ^b   Livingston, B M ^b   Norrie, J ^c   Howie, J C ^a  

^a VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit: length of stay; Scoring systems: APACHE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

APACHE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0033692978     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01552.x     Document Type: Article

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