Why the study?
Does the introduction of acute medical units improve clinical and operational outcomes in hospitalized patients?
Population
Hospitals and medical patients (9 peer-reviewed reports of 7 units, 8 non-peer-reviewed reports of 48 units)
Comparison
Introduction of an acute medical unit (AMU) vs Prior to the introduction of the AMU
Design
Systematic_review
Authors
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May support AMU adoption to cut mortality and LOS; leaves open causality without RCTs.
Does the introduction of acute medical units improve clinical and operational outcomes in hospitalized patients?
The introduction of acute medical units appears to reduce in-patient mortality and length of stay based on observational data.
Scott et al. (2009) studied this question.
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