The reliability and validity of the therapeutic activity index

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Kwok, Wanna Wing Yee ^a   Chau, Janita Pak Chun ^b   Low, Lisa Pau Le ^b   Thompson, David R ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care units; Nursing service, personnel staffing and scheduling; Severity of illness; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 27144554047     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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