Distributive justice across generations: Epidemiology of ICU care for the very young and the very old

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 597-608

  Meadow, W ^a   Lantos, J D ^a   Mokalla, M ^a   Reimshisel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0029833406     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0095-5108(18)30231-8     Document Type: Review

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