Implementation of an institutional program to improve clinical and financial outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients: one-year outcomes and lessons learned.

Burns, Suzanne M

Implementation of an institutional program to improve clinical and financial outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients: one-year outcomes and lessons learned. [electronic resource] - Critical care medicine Dec 2003 - 2752-63 p. digital

Publication Type: Evaluation Study; Journal Article

0090-3493

10.1097/01.CCM.0000094217.07170.75 doi


Academic Medical Centers
Aged
Case Management--organization & administration
Cost Savings
Critical Care--organization & administration
Critical Pathways--organization & administration
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Length of Stay--statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Nurse Clinicians--organization & administration
Nurse's Role
Nursing Evaluation Research
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care--organization & administration
Patient Care Team--organization & administration
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Prospective Studies
Respiration, Artificial--economics
Survival Analysis
Time Factors
Virginia--epidemiology