Original Research

Direct observation of bed utilization in the pediatric intensive care unit†‡

  1. Evan S. Fieldston MD, MBA, MSHP1,2,5,§,*,
  2. Joan Li6,7,
  3. Christian Terwiesch PhD5,6,
  4. Mark A. Helfaer MD1,3,
  5. Judy Verger PhD, RN, CRNP, CCRN4,8,
  6. Susmita Pati MD, MPH5,9,
  7. David Surrey BA10,
  8. Kiran Patel MD, MS4,
  9. Jessica L. Ebberson MD11,
  10. Richard Lin MD1,3,
  11. Joshua P. Metlay MD, PhD5,12

Article first published online: 21 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.993

Issue

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volume 7, Issue 4, pages 318–324, April 2012

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How to Cite

Fieldston, E. S., Li, J., Terwiesch, C., Helfaer, M. A., Verger, J., Pati, S., Surrey, D., Patel, K., Ebberson, J. L., Lin, R. and Metlay, J. P. (2012), Direct observation of bed utilization in the pediatric intensive care unit. J. Hosp. Med., 7: 318–324. doi: 10.1002/jhm.993

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  2. 2

    Division of General Pediatrics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  3. 3

    Division of Critical Care Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  4. 4

    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  5. 5

    Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  6. 6

    The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  7. 7

    The College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  8. 8

    School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  9. 9

    Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Stony Brook Long Island Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, New York

  10. 10

    Thomas Jefferson University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  11. 11

    Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington

  12. 12

    Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  1. §

    Tel.: 267-426-2903

*The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th & Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104

  1. †

    This article was presented in abstract form at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars National Meeting in November 2009.

  2. ‡

    Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

  3. §

    Tel.: 267-426-2903

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 APR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 21 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 OCT 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 19 AUG 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 28 APR 2011

Funded by

  • Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program

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