Key result
Closed ICUs, interdisciplinary care, and remote intensivists can successfully reduce costs in the ICU.
Why the study?
What strategies are effective for cost containment in the intensive care unit?
Population
Intensive care units (ICUs)
Design
Review
Authors
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Should not yet alter ICU staffing; hypothesis-generating for cost strategies pending prospective trials.
What strategies are effective for cost containment in the intensive care unit?
Various organizational and technological strategies can effectively reduce costs in the intensive care unit.
Thungjaroenkul et al. (2006) conducted a review in Intensive care cost containment. Cost containment strategies (e.g., closed ICU, interdisciplinary care, remote intensivists) was evaluated on Cost reduction. Various strategies, including closed ICUs, interdisciplinary care, remote intensivists, and intermediate care beds, can achieve cost reduction in intensive care units.
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