Publication Name	World Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Manuscript ID	11891
Country	Netherlands

Received	2014-06-11 08:29
Peer-Review Started	2014-06-11 14:00
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2014-06-27 19:29
Revised	2014-07-19 19:23
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2014-10-16 15:17
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2014-10-16 16:01
Articles in Press	2014-10-16 16:01
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-10-23 04:37
Typeset the Manuscript	2014-10-31 12:18
Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-11-10 18:40

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Category	Critical Care Medicine
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Intensive care performance: How should we monitor performance in the future?
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Tim K Timmers, Michiel HJ Verhofstad, Karl GM Moons and Luke PH Leenen
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Tim K Timmers, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. tk.timmers@gmail.com
Key Words	Intensive care performance; Quality of care; Critical care; Intensive care medicine
Core Tip	Variations in case mix, intensive care unit (ICU) demographics, clinical and non-clinical factors not addressed by the present severity of illness scores must be quantified to improve the accuracy of future prediction models. A completely different benefit using health-related quality of life (HrQoL) as a performance benchmark could be the follow-up evaluation of the patient’s health status after ICU or hospital discharge. The moment when outcome research can predict the short-term (ICU discharge) QoL of a critically ill patient during the first 24 h of ICU admission will give physicians and health care policy makers an up-to-date and reliable evaluation of quality of care in the ICU for the future.
Publish Date	2014-11-10 18:40
Citation	Timmers TK, Verhofstad MHJ, Moons KGM, Leenen LPH. Intensive care performance: How should we monitor performance in the future? World J Crit Care Med 2014; 3(4): 74-79
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3141/full/v3/i4/74.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v3.i4.74

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