A22 HEALTH SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS IN CRITICAL CARE: Hospital Icu Admission Patterns For Pneumonia Are Stable From Year To Year

A22 HEALTH SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS IN CRITICAL CARE: Hospital Icu Admission Patterns For Pneumonia Are Stable From Year To Year

Corresponding author's email: valleyt@med.umich.edu Rationale: Recent studies suggest that hospitals with greater intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates for pneumonia deliver lower quality of care to all hospitalized pneumonia patients. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of h...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2017-01, Vol.195
Hauptverfasser: Valley, T S, Prescott, H C, Wunsch, H, Iwashyna, T J, Cooke, C R
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
Hospitalization
Intensive care
Medicare
Patient admissions
Pneumonia
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Zusammenfassung:Corresponding author's email: valleyt@med.umich.edu Rationale: Recent studies suggest that hospitals with greater intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates for pneumonia deliver lower quality of care to all hospitalized pneumonia patients. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of hospitals treating elderly (age > 64 years) fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for pneumonia in 2011 and 2012.
ISSN:1073-449X
1535-4970