Quality measurement at intensive care units: which indicators should we use?

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-274

  de Vos, Maartje ^a   Graafmans, Wilco ^a   Keesman, Els ^a   Westert, Gert ^a   van der Voort, Peter H J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical care; Indicator and quality of health care; Intensive care; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECUBITUS; EVALUATION; EXTUBATION; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION;

DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34548255373     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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