Relationship between TISS and ICU cost

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1009-1017

  Dickie, H ^a   Vedio, A ^a   Dundas, R ^b   Treacher, D F ^a   Leach, R M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOLOGY; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031764373     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050709     Document Type: Article

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