An empirical derivation of the optimal time interval for defining ICU readmissions

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 706-714

  Brown, Sydney E S ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Allergy Asthma and Sinus Center   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmarking; critical care; ICU quality indicators; ICU readmission; outcomes assessment; outcomes research; quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880706476     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318293c2fa     Document Type: Article

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