“Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 895-900

  Sankey, Christopher B ^a,b   McAvay, Gail ^a   Siner, Jonathan M ^a   Barsky, Carol L ^c   Chaudhry, Sarwat I ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

care escalation; care transitions; delays; inpatient clinical deterioration; timeliness

Indexed keywords

BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL DETERIORATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960326044     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3654-x     Document Type: Article

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