Reasons underlying interhospital transfers to an academic medical intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Wagner, Jason ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b   Kahn, Jeremy M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Interhospital transfer; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84875388224     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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