Evaluating implementation of a rapid response team: considering alternative outcome measures
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Evaluating implementation of a rapid response team: considering alternative outcome measures.
OBJECTIVE Determine the prolonged effect of rapid response team (RRT) implementation on failure to rescue (FTR). DESIGN Longitudinal study of institutional performance with control charts and Bayesian change point (BCP) analysis. SETTING Two academic hospitals in Midwest, USA. PARTICIPANTS All inpatients discharged between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2010. INTERVENTION Implementati...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1353-4505,1464-3677
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt091