Clinical and economic outcome of patients undergoing tracheostomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation in New York state during 1993: Analysis of 6,353 cases under diagnosis-related group 483

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 983-988

  Kurek, Carlos J ^a,d   Cohen, Ian L ^a   Lambrinos, James ^c   Minatoya, Ken ^a   Booth, Frank V McL ^a   Chalfin, Donald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Outcome; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL COST; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0030940862     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199706000-00015     Document Type: Article

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