Cost accounting of adult intensive care: Methods and human and capital inputs

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1168-1172

  Noseworthy, Thomas W ^a   Konopad, Elsie ^b   Shustack, Allan ^b   Johnston, Richard ^b   Grace, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

critical care; diagnosis related groups; economics; health resources; health services research; healthcare costs; intensive care units; length of stay economics; outcome assessment; resource utilization; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APACHE; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0029971026     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199607000-00017     Document Type: Article

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