Referral and admission to intensive care: A qualitative study of doctors' practices in a Tanzanian university hospital

Intensive care is care for critically ill patients with potentially reversible conditions. Patient selection for intensive care should be based on potential benefit but since demand exceeds availability, rationing is needed. In Tanzania, the availability of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is very limite...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2019-10, Vol.14 (10), p.e0224355-e0224355
Hauptverfasser:	Engdahl Mtango, Sofia, Lugazia, Edwin, Baker, Ulrika, Johansson, Yvonne, Baker, Tim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Admitting Department, Hospital - methods Adult Analysis Attitude of Health Personnel Categories Content analysis Critical Care Critical Illness Decision making Emergency medical care Ethics Female Geriatrics Health care Health Resources Health sciences Hospital patients Hospitalization - trends Hospitals Humans Intensive care Intensive care units Intensive Care Units - standards Intensive Care Units - trends Internal medicine Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Length of Stay - trends Male Medical care Medical practice Medical referrals Medical research Medicin och hälsovetenskap Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Mortality Patient Selection - ethics Patients People and Places Perceptions Physicians Practice Public health Qualitative research Rationing Referral and Consultation - standards Sepsis Services Surgery Tanzania Triage - methods Triage - standards Workers Working conditions
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