Prolonged patients' In-Hospital Waiting Period after discharge eligibility is associated with increased risk of infection, morbidity and mortality: A retrospective cohort analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rosman, Maya ^a   Rachminov, Orna ^a   Segal, Omer ^b   Segal, Gad ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired infection; Hospital stay; In hospital mortality; Nosocomial infection; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84933498975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0929-6     Document Type: Article

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