Effects of interdisciplinary rounds on length of stay in a telemetry unit

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-69

  Wild, Dorothea ^a   Nawaz, Haq ^a   Chan, Wendy ^b   Katz, David L ^b  

^a GRIFFIN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; length of stay; patient care team; telemetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEMETRY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642443957     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200401000-00011     Document Type: Article

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