Clinical and economic outcomes of the electronic intensive care unit: Results from two community hospitals

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  Morrison, Jeanette L ^a   Cai, Qian ^b   Davis, Nancy ^a   Yan, Yan ^b   Berbaum, Michael L ^b   Ries, Michael ^c   Solomon, Glen ^a  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Intensive care unit staffing; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049083184     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b78fa8     Document Type: Article

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