Table 4
Reported Outcome Measures for Evaluation of the Impact of Multidisciplinary Rounds (MDR)
| Clinical outcomes |
| Mortality rate15 21 54 |
| Length of stay12 |
| Ventilator days66 |
| Incidence of nosocomial infections58 |
| Resuscitation status25 |
| Procedure complications54 |
| Readmissions14 40 54 |
| Prevention of deep vein thrombosis39 |
| Decubiti ulcers21 |
| Achievement of clinical performance targets of albumin, hemoglobin, calcium-phosphate product, dose, and vascular access type (fistula)64 67 68 |
| Primary and secondary fistulae patency69 |
| Duration of fistula patency following an operation69 |
| Status of patient education before discharge46 |
| Timing of discharge21 |
| Patient and family satisfaction |
| Patients' perceptions of medical care received (e.g., having adequate explanation of problems, tests, and drugs, physician-patient relations)70 |
| Overall patient satisfaction with MDR71 (e.g., patients' feelings during and after MDR, suggestions to improve MDR) |
| Experiences of families regarding attending MDR72 |
| Maintenance of patient confidentiality7 14 |
| Relationship between the policy of parents leaving the unit during rounds and breaches in patient confidentiality61 |
| Efficiency measures |
| Patient volume45 |
| Discharge rates58 |
| Hospitalization rates15 17 30 62 |
| Cost savings26 |
| Change in prescribing costs14 |
| Care provider satisfaction |
| Satisfaction with rounds22 |
| Rounds being constructive use of time for care providers7 14 56 |
