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Correlation between Quality of Care and Length of Hospital Stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Background: Length of hospital stay (LHS) is the most important and practical indicator in hospitals, which largely reflects the level of hospital performance and activity. It is also an important indicator for resource planning. Moreover, the quality of care can theoretically be related to LHS. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between LHS and quality of nursing care in...
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BACKGROUND Long stays in the intensive care unit are associated with high costs and burdens on patients and patients' families and in turn affect society at large. Although factors that affect length of stay and outcomes of care in the intensive care unit have been studied extensively, the conclusions reached have not been reviewed to determine whether they reveal an organizational pattern that...
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We read with great interest the article by De Cocker and colleagues [1]. It deals with one of the hot topics in cardiac surgery, as the prediction of postoperative intensive care unit length of stay (ICU-LOS) can be a useful tool for quality control and for the planning of perioperative resources, reducing costs, and improving the standard of care. In our opinion, the novel issue of the article...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450080078035