Organization of intensive care units in Europe: Lessons from the EPIC study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1181-1184

  Vincent, J L ^a   Suter, P ^b   Bihari, D ^c   Bruining, H ^d  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed availability; ICU director; ICU size; ICU structure; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

APACHE; BED OCCUPANCY; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0030720022     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050479     Document Type: Article

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5. Vincent JL, Artigas A, Bihari D et al (1994) Guidelines for the utilisation of intensive care units. Intensive Care Med 20: 163-164