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This book describes how the integrated approach offered by health services research can improve the quality of care provided to critically ill patients. By focusing on the needs of the patient, health services research links conventional scientific disciplines, systems research, education, and management, with the aim of translating developments in knowledge into sustained change in culture and practice. Intensive care has much to offer in this respect, as it can both benefit from and contribute to the collaborative methodology of health services research. Although the contributions are directed at critical care, the content is relevant to all health care disciplines, including health services administration.

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Author:   William J. Sibbald ,  Julian F. Bion
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   v. 35
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.712kg
ISBN:  

9783540426066

ISBN 10:   354042606
Pages:   379
Publication Date:   21 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Overview.- — Critical Care: Problems, Boundaries and Outcomes.- Health Services Research: A Domain where Disciplines and Decision Makers Meet.- Methods of Measurement in Intensive Care.- The Structure of Intensive Care.- Process of Care Assessment and the Evaluation of Outcome from Intensive Care.- Severity of Illness.- Measuring Treatment Outcomes in Intensive Care: Mortality, Morbidity, and Organ Dysfunction.- Health-Related Quality of Life: During and Following Critical Care.- Quality of Life and Longer Term Outcomes.- Techniques for Acquiring Information.- Comparing ICU Populations: Background and Current Methods.- A Hospital-Wide System for Managing the Seriously Ill: A Model of Applied Health Systems Research.- Funding and Support.- Hypothesis Generation: Asking the Right Question, Getting the Correct Answer.- The Integration of Evidence Based Medicine and Health Services Research in the ICU.- Using Systematic Reviews to Inform Decision Makers.- Consensus Methods and Consumer Opinion.- Benchmarking in the ICU: The Measurement of Costs and Outcome to Analyze Efficiency and Efficacy.- Assessment of Medical Devices.- Health Informatics.- Databases, Registries and Networks.- Application and Interpretation: Using Data to Improve Outcomes.- Organizational Effects on Outcomes.- Geographical Differences in Outcomes.- Disaggregating Data: From Groups to Individuals.- Driving Improvements: Quality Management in the ICU.- Applied Health Services Research: Translating Evidence into Practice.- Translating the Evidence: Creating and Sustaining Change.

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