Clinical and Economic Impact of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Early Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1269-1275

  Judd, William R ^a   Stephens, Dana M ^a   Kennedy, Charles A ^a  

^a Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; clinical practice guidelines; cost containment; infectious disease; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84907343223     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028014541792     Document Type: Article

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