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. 2019 Mar;16(3):387-390.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201809-621RL.

Ward Capacity Strain: A Novel Predictor of Delays in Intensive Care Unit Survivor Throughput

Rachel Kohn  1 , Michael O Harhay  1 , Gary E Weissman  1 , George L Anesi  1 , Brian Bayes  1 , S Ryan Greysen  1 , Sarah J Ratcliffe  2 , Scott D Halpern  3 , Meeta Prasad Kerlin  3
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Ward Capacity Strain: A Novel Predictor of Delays in Intensive Care Unit Survivor Throughput

Rachel Kohn et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Mar.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Variation in hours of intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department (ED) ward admission wait times by ward, ordered by increasing median ICU ward admission wait times. Lines within boxes represent medians. Boxes represent interquartile ranges (IQRs). Whiskers represent 1.5 times the IQRs below the 25th percentile and above the 75th percentile.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Percentage of wards for which each candidate ward strain variable was among the three strongest variables selected as predictors of ward admission wait times from intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency departments (EDs). (A) ICU ward admission wait time. (B) ED ward admission wait time.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Change in ward admission wait times in hours with increasing census after adjustment for all patient-level and candidate ward strain variables for all wards in 2015 for ward admission wait times from intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency departments (EDs). (A) ICU ward admission wait time. (B) ED ward admission wait time. *Curves represent the range of census for each individual ward. Curve midpoints do not necessarily represent median ward admission wait time. The dashed lines represent the entire population studied.
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