Can the impact of bed closure in intensive care units be reliably monitored?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1134-1139

  Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^a   Revelly, Jean Pierre ^a   Moro, Davide ^a   Gilliard, Nicolas ^a   Rouge, Jacques ^a   Chioléro, René ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economics; Efficiency; Health care rationing; Hospital bed capacity; Intensive care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; TYPES OF STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 3042691123     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2205-9     Document Type: Article

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