Hospital mortality rate and length of stay in patients admitted at night to the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 858-863

  Morales, Ian J ^a   Peters, Steve G ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; Hospital mortality rate; Intensive care; Length of stay; Night care; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NIGHT CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037350756     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000055378.31408.26     Document Type: Article

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