title: A new patient registration method for intensive care department management.
abstract: A new method to describe intensive care department performance is presented. The method is a complication of available administrative and medical data, completed with a severity of illness measure (Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation, APACHE) and the registration of nursing care intensity. The development of this latter patient stratification system (Intensive Care Activity Score, INCAS) is described. The performance of the method is demonstrated by a study of 200 consecutive admissions.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012720:Severity of Illness Index