P: Patient Population
I: Intervention or area on Interest
C: Comparison intervention or group
O: Outcome
T: Time
Ex: “In acute care hospitals (P-patient population), how does having a rapid response team (I-intervention) compared with not having a response team (C-comparison) affect the number of cardiac arrests (O-outcome) during a three-month period (T-time)?”
skilled nursing facility how do facilities utilizing bed/charm alarms compare to facilities that are not Is there a reduction or increase in falls during a 3 month period? this is my question