Key result
The team model for delivery of ICU care reduces mortality, ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay, and cost of care.
Why the study?
Does the team model of care delivery improve outcomes and reduce costs in patients cared for in ICUs?
Does the team model of care delivery improve outcomes and reduce costs in patients cared for in ICUs?
The team model of ICU care delivery, including intensivist-led rounds and adequate multidisciplinary staffing, is associated with reduced mortality, length of stay, and costs.
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May support team ICU models; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.
Charles G. Durbin (2006) conducted a review in Intensive care. Team model of ICU care delivery was evaluated on Mortality, ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay, and cost of care. The team model for delivery of ICU care reduces mortality, ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay, and cost of care.
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