Introducing an integrated intermediate care unit improves ICU utilization: A prospective intervention study

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Solberg, Barbara C J ^a   Dirksen, Carmen D ^a   Nieman, Fred H M ^a   van Merode, Godefridus ^b   Ramsay, Graham ^a,c   Roekaerts, Paul ^a   Poeze, Martijn ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Regent House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hospital bed capacity; Intensive care; Intermediate care; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEGRATED INTERMEDIATE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84907275532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-14-76     Document Type: Article

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