Impact of a new model of intensive care medicine upon healthcare in a department of intensive care medicine;Impacto de un nuevo modelo de Medicina Intensiva sobre la asistencia en un servicio de Medicina Intensiva

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Gonzalez Castro A ^a   Ortiz Melon, F ^a   Suberviola, B ^a   Holanda, M S ^a   Dominguez, M J ^a   Blanco Huelga, C ^a   Munoz C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical care Department; Intermediate critical care unit; Management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROCESS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872363915     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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