Mortality related to after-hours discharge from intensive care in Australia and New Zealand, 2005–2012

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1528-1535

  Gantner, Dashiell ^a,b   Farley, K J ^c   Bailey, Michael ^b   Huckson, Sue ^d   Hicks, Peter ^d,e   Pilcher, David ^a,b,d  

^a The Alfred   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

^e WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

After hours discharge; Intensive care; Knowledge translation; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; APACHE; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919338414     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3438-x     Document Type: Article

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