Prolonged stays of OB/GYN patients in the surgical intensive care unit: A cost-benefit analysis

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-183

  Abbas, Fouad M ^a   Sert, M Bilal ^b   Rosenshein, Neil B ^b   Zahyrak, Mariana L ^b   Currie, John L ^b  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; intensive care; surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030934297     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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