Evaluating Critical Care : Using Health Services Research to Improve Quality

by Sibbald, William J.; Bion, Julian F.

• ISBN13: 9783540677765
• ISBN10: 3540677763
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Intensive Care, Erasme Univ. Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Describes how health services research can benefit critically ill patients. This research combines scientific disciplines, research, education, and management to create a culture more suited to the needs of the patient. DNLM: Critical-care standards.

Table of Contents

Overview
Introduction - Critical Care: Problems, Boundaries and Outcomes	3	(3)
J.F. Bion
W.J. Sibbald
Health Services Research: A Domain where Disciplines and Decision Makers Meet	6	(17)
J. Lomas
Methods of Measurement in Intensive Care
The Structure of Intensive Care	23	(18)
G.D. Rubenfeld
Process of Care Assessment and the Evaluation of Outcome from Intensive Care	41	(10)
W.A. Knaus
Severity of Illness	51	(18)
R. Moreno
Measuring Treatment Outcomes in Intensive Care: Mortality, Morbidity, and Organ Dysfunction	69	(17)
J.C. Marshall
Health-Related Quality of Life: During and Following Critical Care	86	(18)
D.J. Kutsogiannis
T. Noseworthy
Quality of Life and Longer Term Outcomes	104	(17)
S.A. Ridley
Techniques for Acquiring Information
Comparing ICU Populations: Background and Current Methods	121	(19)
J.E. Zimmerman
E.A. Draper
D.P. Wagner
A Hospital-Wide System for Managing the Seriously Ill: A Model of Applied Health Systems Research	140	(15)
K. Hillman
A. Flabouris
M. Parr
Funding and Support	155	(12)
D.R. Mirands
Hypothesis Generation: Asking the Right Question, Getting the Correct Answer	167	(18)
D.C. Angus
P. Pronovost
The Integration of Evidence Based Medcince and Health Services Research in the ICU	185	(13)
D.J. Cook
M.K. Giacomini
Using Systematic Reviews to Inform Decision Makers	198	(11)
D.K. Heyland
Consensus Methods and Consumer Opinion	209	(13)
J.F. Bion
Benchmarking in the ICU: The Measurement of Costs and Outcome to Analyze Efficiency and Efficacy	222	(22)
H. Burchardi
M. Jegers
M. Goedee
J.U. Leititis
Assessment of Medical Devices	244	(11)
A.R. Webb
Health Informatics	255	(15)
M. Imhoff
Databases, Registries and Networks	270	(11)
J.L. Vincent
S. Brimioulle
Application and Interpretation: Using Data to Improve Outcomes
Organizational Effects on Outcomes	281	(11)
J.B. Hall
Geographical Differnces in Outcomes	292	(17)
L.G. Thijs
Disaggregating data: From Groups to Individuals	309	(12)
J. Carlet
L. Montuclard
M. Garrouste-Orgeas
Driving Improvements: Quality Managment in the ICU	321	(15)
A. Frutiger
Applied Health Services Research: Translating Evidence into Practice	336	(20)
G. Ellrodt
Translating the Evidence: Creating and Sustaining Change	356	(19)
W.J. Sibbald
G.K. Webster
Subject Index	375