Measuring efficiency in Australian and New Zealand paediatric intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1410-1416

  Straney, Lahn D ^a   Clements, Archie ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a,b   Slater, Anthony ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Healthcare quality assessment; Intensive care; Length of stay; Mortality; Paediatrics; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77956177934     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1916-3     Document Type: Article

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