Respiratory intensive care unit resource use and outcomes in Taiwan

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 336-342

  Lee, Ting Ting ^a   Wang, Yi Wen ^b   Lee, Chiang Hsuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APACHE scores; Medical diagnosis; Nursing diagnosis; Outcomes; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036869513     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpnu.2002.129955     Document Type: Article

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