title: Comparative study of intensive care unit (ICU) performance.
abstract: It is possible to evaluate ICU performance using severity-of-illness systems, but are these systems objective enough to draw comparison between different units? A software was developed to allow data collection and calculation of the score APACHE II [1] and administrative hospital indicators. To provide homogeneity, all data were collected following the same protocol and verified by one author.
authors.affiliation: Hospital I.Albert Einstein, Hospital Municipal Dr. Arthur Ribeiro de Saboya Health Informatics Center, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Livianu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Povoa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akamine
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Knobel
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ancao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sigulem
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012984:Software