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Table 2 Frequency of patients receiving bedside interprofessional rounds by unit (n = 18) at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center (Nov. 2012-Dec. 2013)

From: Interprofessional collaborative care characteristics and the occurrence of bedside interprofessional rounds: a cross-sectional analysis

Unit

No. of Days a

Total Patients

Ave. census/day

No. of Patients Receiving BIR

Frequency of BIR

Pediatric Intensive Care

63

755

11.98

733

0.97

Neonatal Intensive Care

59

1812

30.71

1732

0.96

Surgical Intensive Care

66

1622

24.58

1546

0.95

Medical Intensive Care

72

1091

15.15

1003

0.92

Neurology

72

2192

30.44

1784

0.81

Heart and Vascular Cardiac Care

66

1806

27.36

1465

0.81

Cancer Institute

69

2380

34.49

1917

0.81

Heart and Vascular Progressive Care

69

1623

23.52

1294

0.80

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Service

69

1066

15.45

844

0.79

Women’s Health

71

1569

22.10

1224

0.78

Pediatric Intermediate Care

80

1148

14.35

861

0.75

Pediatric Acute Care

77

1358

17.64

1015

0.75

Medical Intermediate Care

70

1175

16.79

862

0.73

General Surgery

71

925

13.03

653

0.71

Internal/Family Medicine

71

3065

43.17

2004

0.65

General Surgery/Neurology

63

2553

40.52

1214

0.48

General Surgery

67

2708

40.42

1227

0.45

Flex/Observation

66

325

4.92

115

0.35

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