Intensive care readmission: A contemporary review of the literature

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 121-137

  Elliott, Malcolm ^a,b   Worrall Carter, Linda ^c   Page, Karen ^d  

^a St Vincent's Centre for Nursing Research   (Australia)

^b Holmesglen Institute   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Literature review; Readmission

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899093926     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2013.10.005     Document Type: Review

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