Effect of interhospital transfer on resource utilization and outcomes at a tertiary care referral center*

Autor: Ellie Golestanian, Rosa P. Mak, Kenneth E. Wood, Ronald E. Gangnon, Jesse Scruggs
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Critical Care Medicine. 35:1470-1476
ISSN: 0090-3493
Popis: Objective:Mortality and length of stay are two outcome variables commonly used as benchmarks in rating the performance of medical centers. Acceptance of transfer patients has been shown to affect both outcomes and the costs of health care. Our objective was to compare observed and predicted lengths
Databáze: OpenAIRE