Out of our reach? Assessing the impact of introducing a critical care outreach service

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 882-885

  Pittard, Alison J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; outreach, early warning scores

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0042326288     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03331.x     Document Type: Article

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