Implementation of a hospitalist-run observation unit and impact on length of stay (LOS): A brief report

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Leykum, Luci K ^a,b   Huerta, Vincent ^c   Mortensen, Eric ^a,b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chest pain; Clinical; Outcomes measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELLULITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSERVATION UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ASTHMA; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 78650356850     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.642     Document Type: Article

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