title: [Computer-assisted admission and work load statistics in a surgical intensive care ward (author's transl)].
abstract: The introduction of the dialogue programme has the advantage that the data are immediately available at any time. From a yearly admission of 400 patients exact information cn be obtained of the work load and the type of work done at the unit. The value of the system can be summarized as follows: 1) data processing and retrieval are easy and do not require special skills; 2) a multiple of data can be processed; 3) older and more recent data can be compared at any time; i.e. previously obtained information is available for use in the current investigation of a problem; 4) statistical and complicated numerical analyses can be made more quickly and more precisely.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008499:Medical Records; D010343:Patient Admission; D014941:Work Simplification
vernacular_title: Entwicklung und Realisierung einer computergestützten Aufnahmestatistik für eine operative Intensivstation.