Effect of clinical outcomes data on intensive care unit utilization by bone marrow transplant patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-70

  Paz, Harold L ^a   Garland, Allan ^a   Weinar, Martha ^b   Crilley, Pamela ^b   Brodsky, Isadore ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Clinical outcomes; Intensive care unit; Resource utilization; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031974757     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199801000-00018     Document Type: Article

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