title: Effect of a segregated-care system on patients' length of stay in intensive care.
abstract: The Internal Medicine Residency Program of the Raritan Bay Medical Center's Perth Amboy Division was changed in July 1987 from a full continuity-of-care system to a unit-isolation one. The authors compared patients' data from the first two months of the academic years 1986-87 and 1987-88 and were unable to observe any impact of the change on length of stay in intensive care. However, informal interviews with the house staff members indicated that the change had a positive impact on their education, because of their closer observation of the pathophysiology of individual disease states and greater enjoyment of the time spent in critical care.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Residency Program, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raffanti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009515:New Jersey; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors