Day of the week of intensive care admission and patient outcomes: A multisite regional evaluation

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 530-539

  Barnett, Mitchell J ^a   Kaboli, Peter J ^a   Sirio, Carl A ^b   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Hospital mortality; Intensive care units; Outcome assessment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036618446     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200206000-00010     Document Type: Article

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