RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Quality assessment in the medical intensive care unit: evolution of a data model
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 273
OP 279
VO 57
IS 3
A1 Sivak, Edward D.
A1 Perez-Trepichio, Alejandro
YR 1990
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/3/273.abstract
AB Quality assessment and assurance in the intensive care unit require systematic monitoring and evaluation of patient care and its outcome. For analysis of these activities, data must be organized to reflect changes in such factors as patient types, ages, and lengths of stay. A model was developed to group data from the Cleveland Clinic Hospital medical intensive care unit into structural, process, and outcome categories. Development and application of the model are described.