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Variability in Mean Duration of Mechanical Ventilation among Community Hospitals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
We explored intensive care units' mean ventilator-days per patient as a possible objective alternative to ventilator-associated pneumonia rates for assessing quality of care for ventilated Patients. Mean ventilator-days per patient varied 4-fold within a network of community hospitals despite adjusting for multiple patient and hospital factors. Further assessment of this metric is warranted.
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