Editorial: When is it time to go? the difficulty of intensive care unit discharge decisions at times of high census or admission demand

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2982-2983

  Boots, Robert James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Case load; High census; Patient flow; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; NOTE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME;

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73449103529     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b39edd     Document Type: Editorial

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