Resource Allocation in Intensive Care Indications for Admission and Early Discharge from the intensive care unit;Distribuição racional de recursos em medicina intensiva: Análise de Critérios de Admissão e Alta de Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 761-770

  Carneiro, António Vaz ^a   Lopes, Mário G ^a   De Pádua, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031266102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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