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Source: Critical Care Explorations, May 2020
Source URL: https://journals.lww.com/ccejournal/Fulltext/2020/05000/The_...
Notes: The study, "The Impact of Step-Down Unit Care on Patient Outcomes After ICU Discharge," compared outcomes, on average, for ICU patients discharged from the ICU to the SDU (step-down unit) versus to a ward. For each of the 10 hospitals in the study, inpatient beds could be categorized by level of care: the ICU with 1–2 patients per nurse, the SDU (step-down unit) with 2.5–4 patients per nurse, and a joint general medical/surgical ward with up to five patients per nurse.