The impact of the organization of high-dependency care on acute hospital mortality and patient flow for critically III patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 186-193

  Wunsch, Hannah ^a,b,c   Harrison, David A ^d   Jones, Andrew ^d,e   Rowan, Kathryn ^d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Anesthesiology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d King's College London   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Intermediate care facilities; Length of stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH DEPENDENCY CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM; APACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84921327911     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1525OC     Document Type: Article

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