The Definition of a Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients : An Application with National Health Insurance Research Database

المؤلفون المشاركون

Ting, Hsien-Wei
Huang, Hsin-Tsung
Chan, Chien-Lung

المصدر

BioMed Research International

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-07-14

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

9

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Introduction.

Length of stay (LOS) in the intensive care unit (ICU) of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) patients is one of the most important issues.

The disease severity, psychosocial factors, and institutional factors will influence the length of ICU stay.

This study is used in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) to define the threshold of a prolonged ICU stay in sICH patients.

Methods.

This research collected the demographic data of sICH patients in the NHIRD from 2005 to 2009.

The threshold of prolonged ICU stay was calculated using change point analysis.

Results.

There were 1599 sICH patients included.

A prolonged ICU stay was defined as being equal to or longer than 10 days.

There were 436 prolonged ICU stay cases and 1163 nonprolonged cases.

Conclusion.

This study showed that the threshold of a prolonged ICU stay is a good indicator of hospital utilization in ICH patients.

Different hospitals have their own different care strategies that can be identified with a prolonged ICU stay.

This indicator can be improved using quality control methods such as complications prevention and efficiency of ICU bed management.

Patients’ stay in ICUs and in hospitals will be shorter if integrated care systems are established.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Chan, Chien-Lung& Ting, Hsien-Wei& Huang, Hsin-Tsung. 2014. The Definition of a Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients : An Application with National Health Insurance Research Database. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505859

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Chan, Chien-Lung…[et al.]. The Definition of a Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients : An Application with National Health Insurance Research Database. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505859

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Chan, Chien-Lung& Ting, Hsien-Wei& Huang, Hsin-Tsung. The Definition of a Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients : An Application with National Health Insurance Research Database. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505859

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-505859