Review of a large clinical series: Structure, process, and outcome of all intensive care units within the province of British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Dodek, Peter M ^a   Keenan, Sean P ^a   Norena, Monica ^a   Martin, Claudio ^b   Wong, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Models; Organizational

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; POPULATION DENSITY; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77952698865     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066609359267     Document Type: Article

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