Methodological approach for the evaluation of the performances of medical intensive care units

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 184-190

  Hubert, Hervé ^a   Guinhouya, Comlavi ^a   Castra, Laurent ^a   Soubrier, Stéphane ^a,b   Vilhelm, Christian ^a   Ravaux, Pierre ^a   Lemdani, Mohamed ^a   Durocher, Alain ^a,b   Saulnier, Fabienne ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Intensive care units; Resource consumption; Simplified Acute Physiology Score version 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WORKLOAD;

AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRANCE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34548590506     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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