Do windows or natural views affect outcomes or costs among patients in ICUs?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1645-1655

  Kohn, Rachel ^a   Harhay, Michael O ^b,c   Cooney, Elizabeth ^b,c   Small, Dylan S ^d   Halpern, Scott D ^b,c,e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental interventions; healthcare costs; ICU outcomes; windows

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880569790     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318287f6cb     Document Type: Article

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